[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12379-12380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6446]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 13, 2009, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree Establishing a Custodial Trust 
for Certain Owned Sites in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, 
Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah and Washington 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 on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), several states, and Asarco LLC 
provides, inter alia, for the establishment of a custodial trust, the 
transfer of certain properties to that trust, and funding of the trust 
with allowed administrative expense claims totaling $70,955,493 for 
administrative and site cleanup costs. The proposed Agreement covers 
the following sites: Ragland Site in St Clair County, Alabama; Sacaton 
near Casa Grande, Arizona; Trench Mine and Salero Sites near Patagonia 
and Rio Rico, Arizona; Van Buren Site in Crawford County, Arkansas; 
Silverton Site in San Juan County, Colorado; Globe Site in Adams and 
Denver Counties, Colorado; Alton Site in Madison County, Illinois; 
Taylor Springs Site in Taylor Springs, Illinois; Beckemeyer Site in 
Clinton County, Illinois; Whiting Site in Lake County, Indiana; Deming 
Site in Luna County, New Mexico; Magdalena Site in Soccorro County, New 
Mexico; Columbus/Blue Tee Site in Franklin County, Ohio; Sand Springs 
Site in Tulsa County, Oklahoma; Gold Hill Site in Toole County, Utah; 
Belshazzar Site in Salt Lake County, Utah; Murray Site in Salt Lake 
County, Utah; and McFarland Site in Pierce County, Washington.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Agreement for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General,

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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. 90-11-3-08633. 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 Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 North Shoreline 
Blvd, 500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476-2001, at the Region 5 
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507; the Region 8 Office of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., 
Denver, CO 80202-1129; or at the Region 10 Office, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101. 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 $9.00 
(without attachments) or $37.75 (with attachments) (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. E9-6446 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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