[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12378-12379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6448]
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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 March 13, 2009, a proposed
Settlement Agreement Regarding Miscellaneous Federal and State
Environmental Sites 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 Settlement provides the United
States with an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount indicated
for each of the following Sites: The Tacoma Site--Operable Units
(``OU'') 02, 04, and 06 of the Commencement Bay Nearshore Tideflats
Superfund Site in and around Tacoma and Ruston, Washington,
$27,000,000; the Circle Smelting Site--a former zinc smelter facility
located in the Village of Beckemeyer, Illinois, $6,052,390; the
Terrible Mine Site--a 44-acre former lead mining and milling site
located in the Old Isle Mining District of Custer County, Colorado,
$1,400,000; Stephenson/Bennett Mine Site--a 150-acre former mining and
milling area in Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New Mexico, $550,000; the Coy
Mine Site--a zinc mine in Jefferson County, Tennessee, $200,000; the
Richardson Flat Tailings Site--a 160-acre former mine tailings
impoundment and the Lower Silver Creek area in Summit County, Utah,
$7,400,000; the Jack Waite Mine Site--several mine adits, a former mill
site, four tailings ponds, and one or more waste rock piles located on
land administered by the Forest Service in the Coeur d'Alene National
Forest east of Prichard, Idaho, $11,300,000; the Black Pine Mine Site--
mill tailings, a large mine waste rock dump, a seep, and associated
wastes located on land administered by the Forest Service in the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest northwest of Philipsburg, Montana,
$190,000; the Combination Mine Site--a tailings pond and associated
wastes in Lower Willow Creek located on land administered by the Forest
Service in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest northwest of
Philipsburg, Montana, $542,000; the Flux Mine Site--a former zinc and
silver mine and associated mine adits and waste rock dumps located on
land administered by the Forest Service in the Coronado National Forest
southeast of Patagonia, Arizona, $487,000; the International Boundary
Water Commission (``IBWC'') Site--the American Dam and Canal portion of
the Rio Grande Canalization Project and the American Dam Field Office
in El Paso, Texas, $19,000,000; the Monte Cristo Mining District Site--
a historic mining district including mines, mill facilities, adits, and
waste piles located partly on land administered by the Forest Service
within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in Snohomish County,
Washington, $5,500,000 (the Settlement also provides the State of
Washington an allowed general unsecured claim of $5,500,000 for this
Site); the Vasquez Boulevard/I-70 Site--a historic smelter and the
residential areas surrounding it, comprising OU1, OU2, and OU3 of the
Vasquez Boulevard/Interstate-70 Superfund Site, in north-central
Denver, Colorado, $1,500,000.
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; the
Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-3104;
the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507; the Region 6
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Fountain
Place 12th Floor, Suite 1200, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733;
the Region 8 Office of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO 80202-1129; and the Region 10
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth
Avenue Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. During
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the comment period, the proposed Settlement 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
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 $6.50
for the Settlement Agreement without attachments or $7.50 for the
Settlement Agreement with attachments (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 Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. E9-6448 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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