[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5350]


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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 February 22, 2008, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement 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 Settlement Agreement addresses the Barker 
Hughesville (Block P) Site in Cascade and Judith Basin Counties, 
Montana. Under the proposed settlement, the United States will have an 
allowed general unsecured claim of $1 million and the State of Montana 
will have an allowed general unsecured claim of $7.1 million.
    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 Environmental 
Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box. 7611, 
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. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    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 also be examined 
on the following Department of Justice website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement 
may also 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 of the Settlement Agreement 
from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $3.25 (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. E8-5350 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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