[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 6527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1921]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and 
Clean Water Act (CWA)

    Notice is hereby given that on January 22, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree (Decree) in the case of United States, et al. v. United States 
Steel Corp., Civil Action No. 08-CV-4091-RDR-KGS, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Kansas. The United 
States, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), and the 
Secretary of KDHE (the federal and state trustees) filed the complaint 
in their capacities as natural resource trustees. The federal and state 
trustees seek recovery of natural resources for natural resource 
damages in connection with the Cherokee Lanyon 2 Site and the 
Girard Zinc Site (together, the Sites) in Girard, Kansas and the 
surrounding area. The Complaint alleges that the defendant, United 
States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), is liable as an owner or 
operator of smelters that were located at each of the Sites, or as a 
successor to owners or operators of the smelters.
    The Decree would settle the claims for injuries to natural 
resources at the Site in return for a total payment of $133,400, which 
includes $123,255 for restoration projects and $10,145 for 
reimbursement of natural resource damage assessment costs incurred by 
the federal and state trustees. As specified by the Decree, the joint 
recovery for restoration work would be deposited in the Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund administered by the 
United States Department of the Interior, and the federal and state 
trustees would make joint decisions concerning future restoration 
expenditures in accordance with a restoration plan that they would 
prepare.
    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, et al. v. United States Steel 
Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08705/2.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. Main, Wichita, Kansas 67202. During 
the comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined on the following 
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 $5.50 
(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. E8-1921 Filed 2-1-08; 8:45 am]
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