[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4972]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on March 3, 2008, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement Regarding the Southeastern Missouri (SEMO) Mining District 
Sites was filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of Texas in In re ASARCO, LLC, et al., No. 05-21207 
(Bankr. S.D. Tex.). The SEMO Mining District Sites consist of the Big 
River Mine Tailings Site and the Federal Mine Tailings Site in St. 
Francois County; the Madison County Mines Site, including the Catherine 
Mine Subsite and the Little Saint Francis River Subsite, in Madison 
County; the Glover Smelter Site, in Iron County; and the Sweetwater 
Mine/Mill Site and the West Fork Mine/Mill Site, in Reynolds County. 
The proposed settlement provides the United States allowed general 
unsecured claims totaling $72.5 million to resolve past and future 
response cost and natural resource damage claims against ASARCO, LLC, 
for the SEMO Mining District Sites.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Settlement 
Agreement. 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. In either case, 
comments should refer to In re Asarco, LLC, No. 05-21207 (Bankr. S.D. 
Tex.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08633. In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d), commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 
North Shoreline Blvd., 500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476-2001; and 
at the Region 7 office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the 
comment period, the proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html. A copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement 
may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 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 $3.75 for the 
Settlement Agreement (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-4972 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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