[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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