[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3140]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States of America; Kansas Department of Health and Environment; and 
Roderick L. Bremby, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and 
Environment v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Civil Action No. 08-1046-
JTM-DWB, was lodged on February 13, 2008, with the United States 
District Court for the District of Kansas. The Consent Decree requires 
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company to pay $1,200,000.00 to resolve the claims 
of the United States and State of Kansas under Section 311(f) of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f), and Kansas state law for natural 
resource damages at the Cherokee County Superfund Site (the ``Site'').
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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, the 
comments should refer to United States v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., DOJ 
Ref. 90-11-2-1081A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Kansas, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. 
Main, Wichita, KS 67202. During the public comment period, the proposed 
consent decree may also be examined on this Department of Justice Web 
site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree 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 $6.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) 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. E8-3140 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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