[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 42112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3749]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 11, 2007, a proposed settlement 
in United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., et al., Civil No. 03-765, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of New York.
    In this action, the United States asserted a claim against Alcan 
Aluminum Corp. under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 
for recovery of response costs incurred regarding the Quanta Resources 
Superfund Site in Syracuse, New York. The proposed consent decree 
embodies an agreement with Alcan to pay $2,011,832 of response costs. 
The decree provides Alcan with an covenant to sue under section 107(a) 
of CERCLA.
    The Department of Justice will received for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environmental 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 20044-76121, and should 
refer to U.S. v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-848/2.
    The settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley Building, 445 
Broadway, Albany, New York 12207, and at the Region II Office of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public 
comment period, the settlement 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 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 $4.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Ellen Mahan,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3749 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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