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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 

(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 

$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] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

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 Consent Decree 

and Settlement Agreement regarding 

certain sites in Montana 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), the United States Department of 

the Interior (DOI), the state of Montana, 

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 

for administrative and site cleanup and 

restoration costs. The proposed 

Agreement provides the custodial trust 

with an allowed administrative expense 

claim of $8.9 million to cover its 

administrative costs and allowed 

administrative expense claims in the 

amount indicated for each of the 

following Sites to fund cleanup work: 

the Black Pine site, consisting of 

property owned by Asarco at or near the 

Black Pine Mine complex near 

Phillipsburg, Montana—$17.5 million, 

the Mike Horse site, consisting of 

property owned by Asarco at portions of 

the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex 

near Lincoln, Montana—$10 million, 

the Iron Mountain site, consisting of 

property owned by Asarco at portions of 

the Iron Mountain/Flat Creek Mine 

complex near Superior, Montana—$1.9 

million, and the East Helena site, 

consisting of all property owned by 

Debtors at or near East Helena, 

Montana—$100 million. The proposed 

settlement also includes an allowed 

general unsecured claim of $5 million to 

Montana for compensatory natural 

resource damages. 

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, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov 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, 

or at the office of the Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 8, 1595 

Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202. 

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 

(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 

$15.50 (without attachments) or $39.00 

(with attachments) (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section. 

[FR Doc. E9–6443 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

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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