[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3231]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 15, 2008, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, 
Case No. 2:08-cv-122, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Utah.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims alleged by the United 
States, on behalf of the United States Department of the Interior 
(``DOI''), Fish and Wildlife Service (``FWS''), against the Kennecott 
Utah Copper Corporation (``KUCC''), under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq. The claim, as alleged in the Complaint, seeks 
recovery of Natural Resource Damages, including compensation to the 
public for interim losses resulting from release of hazardous 
substances from KUCC's mining, smelter, refinery and mill tailings 
facility located near Magna, Utah. The proposed Consent Decree provides 
that the KUCC will transfer approximately 617 acres of property known 
as ``The Lake Point Wetlands Property,'' and associated water rights to 
The Nature Conservatory (``TNC''). Additionally, KUCC will pay an 
endowment of $175,000 for management of The Lake Point Wetlands 
Property, implement a Restoration Plan for The Lake Point Wetlands 
Property, pay $113,800 in reimbursement of federal damage assessment 
costs, and pay $52,000 for FWS management oversight of The Lake Point 
Wetlands Property and restoration planning.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed 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, and should 
refer to United States and D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06999.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
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 number: (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 $4.75 
(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. A copy of the Consent Decree may 
be reviewed at the Office of the United States Attorney for the 
District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84111; telephone confirmation number: (801) 524-5682.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E8-3231 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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