[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 4628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-268]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 11, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in the case of United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corporation, 
Docket No. 3:99-CV-1160, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    In this proceeding, the United States filed a claim pursuant to 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for reimbursement of 
costs incurred in connection with response actions taken at the Butler 
Mine Tunnel Superfund Site, in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling Defendant 
agrees to pay $1,830,120 in reimbursement of costs previously incurred 
by the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed 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: U.S. v. Alcan Aluminus Corp., DJ. Ref. 90-11-3-134A.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region III, Office 
of Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, c/o 
Jefferie Garcia, Esq. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined at 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 $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.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 08-268 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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