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Notice of Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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[Federal Register: August 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 147)]
[Notices]
[Page 42112]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au07-94]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 11, 2007, a proposed settlement
in United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., et al., Civil No. 03-765, was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District
of New York.
    In this action, the United States asserted a claim against Alcan
Aluminum Corp. under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
for recovery of response costs incurred regarding the Quanta Resources
Superfund Site in Syracuse, New York. The proposed consent decree
embodies an agreement with Alcan to pay $2,011,832 of response costs.
The decree provides Alcan with an covenant to sue under section 107(a)
of CERCLA.
    The Department of Justice will received for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environmental 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 20044-76121, and should
refer to U.S. v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-848/2.
    The settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley Building, 445
Broadway, Albany, New York 12207, and at the Region II Office of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public
comment period, the settlement may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement 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 $4.25
(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.

Ellen Mahan,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3749 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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