[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40881-40882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16132]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 9, 2008, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement Regarding the Coeur d'Alene ``Box'' Site was filed with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in In 
re ASARCO LLC, et al. , Case No. 05-21207 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.). The Coeur 
d'Alene ``Box'' Site consists of Operable Units 1 and 2 of the Bunker 
Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site in Idaho. The 
proposed settlement provides the United States and the State of Idaho a 
joint allowed general unsecured claim of $10 million and provides the 
United States an additional separate allowed general unsecured claim of 
$6.8 million. In addition, the proposed settlement provides for the 
transfer to the United States of certain properties (the ``Page 
Properties,'' as defined in the settlement) and for their 
contemporaneous transfer to the State of Idaho pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
9604(j) for the purpose of performing remedial action within the Site.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Settlement 
Agreement. 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, 
comments should refer to In re Asarco LLC, Case No. 05-21207 (Bankr. 
S.D. Tex.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08633. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at: the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 
North Shoreline Blvd, 500, Corpus Chrsti, TX 78476-2001; and 
the Region 10 Office of the

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United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 
900, Seattle, WA 98101. During the comment period, the proposed 
Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following Department 
of Justice website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html . A 
copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail 
from the Department of Justice 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 $4.50 for the Settlement Agreement (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs) 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.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-16132 Filed 7-15-08; 8:45 am]
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