[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74751-74752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29064]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of an Amendment to the Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 19, 2008, a proposed 
Amendment to the Consent Decree (``Amendment'') in United States of 
America v. Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation, Civil Action No. C2-95-
947, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
    In 1995, the United States entered into a Consent Decree with Ormet 
Primary Aluminum Corporation, Inc. (``Ormet Primary''), which settled a 
matter under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607, for the Ormet Corporation 
Superfund Site (``Site'') in Hannibal, Ohio. Under the Consent Decree, 
Ormet Primary is required to undertake work to address releases at the 
Site and provide financial assurance to ensure completion of the work. 
In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'') 
determined that Ormet Primary had failed to meet the terms of the 
financial assurance provisions of the Consent Decree. The Amendment 
addresses Ormet Primary's failure to have adequate financial assurance 
by requiring scheduled submissions to the U.S. EPA of letter(s) of 
credit which by December 21, 2009, in the aggregate, will equal 
$3,400,000.00. The Amendment also requires, among other things, 
environmental covenants be recorded with the Register of Deeds, Monroe 
County, Ohio, identifying use restrictions for the Site and other 
specified property.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

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Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either emailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
1423.
    During the public comment period, the Amendment may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, 303 Marconi Blvd., Suite 200, 
Columbus, Ohio 43215, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 
Superfund Records Center, 7th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604 or a copy 
may be obtained from U.S. EPA Region 5 by calling (312) 886-0900. The 
Amendment may also be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of 
the Amendment may 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 $16.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-29064 Filed 12-8-08; 8:45 am]
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