[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 95 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 28154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10820]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order 
on Consent Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on May 1, 2008, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement regarding the Asarco Hayden Plant Site in Hayden, Arizona was 
filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District 
of Texas in In re Asarco LLC, No. 05-21207 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.). The 
proposed Agreement, entered into by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and 
Asarco LLC, provides, inter alia, that Asarco LLC will conduct 
environmental cleanup actions in Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona, 
including cleanup of residential areas and environmental investigative 
work at the Hayden Smelter.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Agreement for a period of twenty (20) days from the date of 
this publication. 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, DJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-09141/4.
    The proposed Agreement may be examined at the Region 9 Office of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, California 94105. During the public comment period, the 
proposed 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 proposed 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 $11.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-10820 Filed 5-14-08; 8:45 am]
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