[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58123-58124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5028]


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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 September 28, 2007, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement Regarding the El Paso County Metals Survey Site 
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 among the Untied States on behalf 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, State of Texas, and Asarco LLC 
(``Asarco'') provides, inter alia, that the United States shall have an 
allowed general unsecured claim of $13,280,780 and the State of Texas 
shall have an allowed general unsecured claim of $419,220 for past 
response costs for the El Paso County Metals Surveys Site incurred 
prior to May 1, 2007.
    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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03737661606c6e6e666d772e6666702d666d7167437670676c692d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53232631303c3e3e363d277e3636207d363d2137132620373c397d343c25">[email protected]</span></a> 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.
    The proposed Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 North Shoreline 
Blvd, <greek-i>500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476-2001, and at the Region 6 
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202. 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

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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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e5a4140474f0048424b4b5a5941414a6e5b5d4a414400494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed998283848cc38b818888999a828289ad989e898287c38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>), 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 $3.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5028 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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