Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 14488-14489 [E8-5380]

Download as PDF 14488 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 53 / Tuesday, March 18, 2008 / Notices mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until May 19, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: SemiAnnual Progress Report for Grantees of the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant Program. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122–0016. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: The affected public includes the approximately 120 grantees of the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant Program (Transitional Housing Program) whose eligibility is determined by statute. This discretionary grant program provides transitional housing, VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:39 Mar 17, 2008 Jkt 214001 short-term housing assistance, and related support services for individuals who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. Eligible applicants are States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim services providers, domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is estimated that it will take the 120 respondents (grantees) approximately one hour to complete the Semi-Annual Progress Report. The semiannual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to the different types of activities that grantees may engage in and the different types of grantees that receive funds. A Transitional Housing Program grantee will only be required to complete the sections of the form that pertain to its own specific activities. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the data collection forms is 240 hours, that is 120 grantees completing a form twice a year with an estimated completion time for the form being one hour. If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Suite 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530. Dated: March 13, 2008. Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice. [FR Doc. E8–5412 Filed 3–17–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 11, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, Civil Action No. 308–CV–257 (J–20TEM), was lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division. The Consent Decree represents the settlement of claims brought by the United States pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The complaint contained claims seeking injunctive relief and the recovery of costs incurred by the United States in connection with the release and threatened release of hazardous substances from facilities known as the Brown’s Dump Site and the Jacksonville Ash Site, which are located within the City of Jacksonville. For approximately fifty years, the City operated two incinerators and a landfill resulting in widespread contamination in and around Jacksonville. The sites are contaminated with incinerator ash, which contains metals, arsenic, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and dioxin, among other things. The Jacksonville Ash site (JAS) includes three separate locations of former waste processing and/or disposal facilities operated or used by the City. The JAS consists of two former city incinerators at Forest Street and at 5th and Cleveland Streets, and a former dump site that is now occupied by the Lonnie C. Miller, Sr. Park. All three locations are in the northwest portion of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida. The Brown’s Dump Site consists of the former Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, an electrical substation of the Jacksonville Electric Authority, surrounding single family homes and apartment buildings. In August 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected cleanup plans for the two sites. The plans require soil excavation at residential properties, schools and parks, and the installation of a two-foot layer of clean soil. Excavated soil will be solidified and stabilized in accordance with federal regulations, as needed, prior to off-site disposal at an appropriate landfill. The plans will provide for various measures to protect E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 53 / Tuesday, March 18, 2008 / Notices human health and the environment. Remediation will also be conducted at streams and creeks, and groundwater will be monitored to ensure protection of public health and the environment. In addition, the Consent Decree requires the City to reimburse the United States for costs incurred in connection with the Sites. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent Decree. 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 United States v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–08080. The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent 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 (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 $12.25 (for the Consent Decree only and $175.50 for the Consent Decree and all exhibits thereto) (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. Henry S. Friedman, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. E8–5380 Filed 3–17–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Notice is hereby given that on February 22, 2008, a proposed Settlement Agreement was filed with VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:39 Mar 17, 2008 Jkt 214001 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in In re ASARCO LLC, et al., No. 05–21207 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.). The Settlement Agreement addresses the Barker Hughesville (Block P) Site in Cascade and Judith Basin Counties, Montana. Under the proposed settlement, the United States will have an allowed general unsecured claim of $1 million and the State of Montana will have an allowed general unsecured claim of $7.1 million. For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box. 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. In either case, comments should refer to In re Asarco LLC, No. 05–21207 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.), D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–08633. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d). The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 800 North Shoreline Blvd, #500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476– 2001, and at the Region 7 office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the comment period, the proposed Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following Department of Justice website: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 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 of the Settlement Agreement from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14489 in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. Robert E. Maher, Jr., Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. E8–5350 Filed 3–17–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division United States v. Cookson Group PLC, et. al.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement have been filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Cookson Group plc, et. al., Civil Action No. 1:08–cv–00389. On March 4, 2008, the United States filed a Complaint to obtain equitable and other relief against defendants Cookson Group plc and Cookson America Inc. (‘‘Cookson’’), and Foseco plc and Foseco Metallurgical Inc. (‘‘Foseco’’) to prevent Cookson’s proposed acquisition of Foseco. The Complaint alleges that Cookson’s acquisition of Foseco’s United States carbon-bonded ceramic refractory (‘‘CBC’’) business would substantially lessen competition in the United States in the development, manufacture, and sale of certain CBCs, in violation of section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 18. The proposed Final Judgment, filed on March 4, 2008, requires defendants to divest Foseco’s entire United States CBC business, including its plant in Saybrook, Ohio and related assets. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement are available for inspection at the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Antitrust Documents Group, 325 7th Street, NW., Room 215, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202– 514–2481), on the Department of Justice’s Web site at https:// www.usdoj.gov/atr, and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC. Copies of these materials may be obtained from the Antitrust Division upon request and payment of a copying fee set by Department of Justice regulations. Public comment is invited within 60 days of the date of this notice. Such comments, and Responses thereto, will be published in the Federal Register E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on March 11, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, Civil Action No. 308-
CV-257 (J-20TEM), was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division.
    The Consent Decree represents the settlement of claims brought by 
the United States pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The complaint contained 
claims seeking injunctive relief and the recovery of costs incurred by 
the United States in connection with the release and threatened release 
of hazardous substances from facilities known as the Brown's Dump Site 
and the Jacksonville Ash Site, which are located within the City of 
Jacksonville.
    For approximately fifty years, the City operated two incinerators 
and a landfill resulting in widespread contamination in and around 
Jacksonville. The sites are contaminated with incinerator ash, which 
contains metals, arsenic, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and dioxin, among 
other things.
    The Jacksonville Ash site (JAS) includes three separate locations 
of former waste processing and/or disposal facilities operated or used 
by the City. The JAS consists of two former city incinerators at Forest 
Street and at 5th and Cleveland Streets, and a former dump site that is 
now occupied by the Lonnie C. Miller, Sr. Park. All three locations are 
in the northwest portion of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida.
    The Brown's Dump Site consists of the former Mary McLeod Bethune 
Elementary School, an electrical substation of the Jacksonville 
Electric Authority, surrounding single family homes and apartment 
buildings.
    In August 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected 
cleanup plans for the two sites. The plans require soil excavation at 
residential properties, schools and parks, and the installation of a 
two-foot layer of clean soil. Excavated soil will be solidified and 
stabilized in accordance with federal regulations, as needed, prior to 
off-site disposal at an appropriate landfill. The plans will provide 
for various measures to protect

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human health and the environment. Remediation will also be conducted at 
streams and creeks, and groundwater will be monitored to ensure 
protection of public health and the environment. In addition, the 
Consent Decree requires the City to reimburse the United States for 
costs incurred in connection with the Sites.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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 
United States v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
08080.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent 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 (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 $12.25 (for the Consent Decree only and $175.50 
for the Consent Decree and all exhibits thereto) (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.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-5380 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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