[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 187 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54927-54928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4742]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Stipulation Relating to Proofs of 
Claim Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on September 12, 2007, a proposed 
Stipulation Relating to Proofs of Claim for El Paso County Metals 
Survey Site and Dona Ana Metal Site was filed with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in In re. Asarco 
LLC., No. 05-21207 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.). The proposed Stipulation entered 
into among the United States on behalf of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, State of New Mexico, City of El Paso, and Asarco LLC 
(``Asarco'') provides, inter alia, that the United States estimates 
that the cost to Asarco for completion of residential soils cleanups 
after May 1, 2007 at the El Paso Site in El Paso, Texas, will not 
exceed $4,770,000, and that Asarco's estimated liability to the United 
States with respect to all other response actions or costs that may be 
incurred at the El Paso Site after May 1, 2007 will not exceed $50,000 
per year. These estimates are premised on the assumption that Asarco 
will perform the remaining work required for soil remediation, and the 
Stipulation is also without prejudice to the positions of the United 
States, Asarco, and the City of El Paso regarding the injunctive order 
for work with respect to the El Paso Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Stipulation for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to In re. Asarco LLC, DJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-08633.
    The proposed Stipulation may be examined at the Office of the 
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States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 North Shoreline 
Blvd, 500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476-2001, and at the Region 6 
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202. During the public comment 
period, the proposed Stipulation may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Stipulation may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $1.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-4742 Filed 9-26-07; 8:45 am]
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