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ASARCO LLC to Point Ruston LLC, 

which property is part of the 

Commencement Bay Nearshore/ 

Tideflats Superfund Site. Under the 

terms of the Second Amendment should 

Point Ruston LLC, complete its 

proposed purchase of the Purchased 

Property, Point Ruston shall (a) assume 

the clean-up obligations on the property 

it is purchasing from Asarco and (b) 

assume certain clean-up obligations at 

the Site on property not owned by 

Asarco that is adjacent to the Purchased 

Property. The Second Amendment is 

also conditioned upon approval of a lien 

resolution agreement. Under the Lien 

Agreement, the United States will 

release its existing CERCLA lien in 

return for a payment of $1,500,000 at 

closing and contingent payments that 

could total $4,000,000 based on revenue 

from the development of the property. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Second Amendment. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistance Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer United 

States v. Asarco Inc., Civil Action No. 

C91–5528B, D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–698A. 

Public meeting will be held in the 

affected area, in accordance with 

Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6973(d) at the following times: Tuesday, 

August 22, 2006, 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 

8 p.m. The location of the meetings 

shall be: the Asarco Information Center 

(old Ruston school), 5219 North Shirley, 

Ruston, WA. 

The Second Amendment may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, Western District of 

Washington, 700 Stewart St., Suite 

5220, Seattle, WA, and at U.S. EPA 

Region 10, 1200 6th Ave., Seattle, WA. 

During the public comment period, the 

Second Amendment, may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice, Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent 

lDecrees.html. A copy of the Second 

Amendment 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

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 $8.50 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost—not including 

the voluminous attachments) 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. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–6945 Filed 8–15–06; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M] 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on August 

2, 2006, a proposed consent decree in 

United States, et al. v. City of Brockton, 

Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 06–

11334–NMG, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Massachusetts. 

The proposed consent decree will 

settle the United States’ and 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts’

claims for violations of the Clean Water 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the 

Massachusetts Clean Waters Act, Mass. 

Gen. Laws c. 21, §§ 26, et seq., related 

to the City’s alleged failure to comply 

with its discharge permit relating to the 

City’s publically-owned treatment 

works (POTW). Pursuant to the 

proposed consent decree, the City will 

pay $120,000 as civil penalty for such 

violations, perform three supplemental 

environmental projects at a cost of 

$180,000, as well as institute necessary 

improvements at the POTW at an 

estimated cost of $95 million. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the proposed consent decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General of the 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 

to United States, et al., v. City of 

Brockton, Massachusetts, Civil Action 

No. 06–11334–NMG, D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–

1–08161. 

The proposed consent decree may 

also be examined at the Office of the 

United States Attorney, District of 

Massachusetts, 1550 Main Street, U.S. 

Courthouse, Room 310, Springfield, 

MA. During the public comment period, 

the proposed consent decree 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 consent decree 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 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. If requesting a 

copy of the proposed consent decree, 

please so note and enclose a check in 

the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–6937 Filed 8–15–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Oil Pollution Act and the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

In accordance with Departmental 

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on August 1, 2006, a 

proposed Consent Decree (‘‘Decree’’) in 

United States v. ConocoPhillips 

Company, Civil Action No. 06–CV–195–

J was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Wyoming. 

The Decree resolves the United States’

claims against ConocoPhillips Company 

(‘‘Conoco’’) under Section 1002 of the 

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (‘‘OPA’’), 33 

U.S.C. 2702, and Section 311 of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

more commonly known as the Clean 

Water Act (‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1321, for 

past response costs incurred at the 

Glenrock Oil Seep Site outside 

Glenrock, Wyoming. The Decree 

requires Conoco to pay the United 

States $1,037,500 and to release any 

claims it might have (1) against the Oil 

Spill Liability Trust Fund relating to the 

Site or (2) arising out of response 

actions at the Site for which past costs 

were incurred. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. ConocoPhillips Company, D.J. 

Ref. 90–5–1–1–08459. 

The Decree may be examined at the 

Office of the United States Attorney, 

2120 Capitol Ave., 4th Floor, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming 82001. During the public 

comment period, the Decree, may also 

be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http:// 


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