[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 225 (Friday, November 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65767-65768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5783]


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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 October 31, 2007, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement regarding the Azurite Mine Site in Whatcom County, 
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 Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the 
Environmental Protection Agency and Asarco LLC provides, inter alia, 
that the United States shall have an allowed general unsecured claim of 
$5,000,000 with respect to the Site.
    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#6f1f1a0d0c0002020a011b420a0a1c410a011d0b2f1a1c0b000541080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05757067666a6868606b71286060762b606b7761457076616a6f2b626a73">[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, at the Office of the 
Department of Agriculture, Office of the General Counsel, Room 3351, 
South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250, 
and at the Region 10 Office of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. 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.

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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#e89c87868189c68e848d8d9c9f87878ca89d9b8c8782c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f7ecedeae2ade5efe6e6f7f4ecece7c3f6f0e7ece9ade4ecf5">[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 $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5783 Filed 11-21-07; 8:45 am]
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