[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70686-70687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29073]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Filing of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on November 10, 2010, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in In re Asarco, LLC, No. 05-21207 (Bankr. S.D. 
Tex.) was filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of Texas. The Settlement Agreement resolves the Late 
Supplemental Proof of Claim by the United States on behalf of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, in the Asarco bankruptcy. 
The Late Supplemental Proof of Claim relates to the Blue Ledge Mine 
Site located in Siskiyou County, California, which lies three miles 
south of the Oregon border. The Settlement Agreement requires a payment 
of $2,400,000 to settle this matter.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of fifteen (15) 
days from the date of this publication comments

[[Page 70687]]

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, and should refer to In re Asarco, LLC, No. 05-21207 (Bankr. 
S.D. Tex.), Department of Justice Case Number 90-11-3-08633.
    During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District 
of Texas, 800 North Shoreline Blvd, 500, Corpus Christi, TX 
78476-2001. The Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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 $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief.
[FR Doc. 2010-29073 Filed 11-17-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P