Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

Notice is hereby given that on June 15, 2009, a proposed Settlement Agreement regarding the Asarco Hayden Plant Site in Hayden, Arizona 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 and Asarco LLC, provides the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an allowed general unsecured claim of $3.0 million for response costs incurred by EPA on or before May 27, 2008 at the Asarco Hayden Plant 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

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.

The proposed Agreement may be examined at the Region 9 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. During the public comment period, the proposed Agreement may also be examined on the following Department of Justice website:

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 $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. E9-15272 Filed 6-26-09; 8:45 am]

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