[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5127]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and 
Clean Water Act (CWA)

    Notice is hereby given that on October 1, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree (Decree) in United States et al. v. United States Steel Corp. et 
al., Civil Action No. 07-CV-4114-JAR was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Kansas.
    In this action the United States and the State of Kansas, in their 
capacities as natural resource trustees, sought recovery from U.S. 
Steel Corporation and Citibank Global Holdings for natural resource 
damages to the National Zinc Superfund Site (Site) in Cherryvale, 
Kansas and the surrounding area. The Complaint alleges that Defendants 
are liable as successors to owners or operators of a smelter, which was 
previously located and operated at the Site. The Decree would settle 
the government's claim for injuries to natural resources at the Site, 
in return for a total payment of $495,750, including $452,750 for 
restoration projects and $43,000 for reimbursement of natural resource 
damage assessment costs incurred by the Federal and State trustees. As 
specified by the Decree, the joint recovery for restoration work would 
be deposited in the United States Department of Interior's Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund, and the Federal and 
State trustees would make joint decisions concerning future restoration 
expenditures in accordance with a restoration plan that they would 
prepare.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99e9ecfbfaf6f4f4fcf7edb4fcfceab7fcf7ebfdd9eceafdf6f3b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c2c293e3f3331313932287139392f7239322e381c292f383336723b332a">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States et al. v. United States Steel Corp. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-08705.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. Main, Wichita, Kansas 67202. During 
the public comment period, the Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#32465d5c5b531c545e575746455d5d56724741565d581c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e2a3130373f7038323b3b2a2931313a1e2b2d3a313470393128">[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 $6.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5127 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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