Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 58978 [E8-23744]

Download as PDF 58978 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 8, 2008 / Notices Dated: September 18, 2008. Maria Santo, Acting Deputy National Park Service Liaison to the White House. [FR Doc. E8–23773 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–39–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Notice of Recreation User Fee for Tours at Glen Canyon Dam Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Recreation User Fee for Tours at Glen Canyon Dam, Coconino County, Arizona. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will begin charging a recreation user fee to take the guided tour of Glen Canyon Dam and Powerplant. Reclamation has determined that the new fee is reasonable and appropriate to specifically offset at least, in part, increased costs associated with public visitation to the Carl Hayden Visitor Center. The Visitor Center, located 700 feet above the Colorado River overlooking Glen Canyon Dam and Bridge, accommodates about one million visitors each year. The Visitor Center is jointly operated by Reclamation and the National Park Service. The new fee will initially be $5.00 per adult with a reduced fee schedule for certain groups as follows: seniors (age 62 and over) will be $4.00, children ages 7–16 will be $2.50, members of the U.S. military will be $4.00, and school groups will be $0.50 per person. There will be no fee charged for children six years of age and under. These fees will be reviewed and adjusted, as appropriate, in subsequent years. DATES: The new recreation user fee for tours at Glen Canyon Dam will become effective on Monday, January 5, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kay Cowan, Administrative Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Field Division, Page, Arizona, at (928) 645–0403. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Glen Canyon Natural History Association, a non-profit educational organization, in cooperation with Reclamation, provides guided tours through Glen Canyon Dam on a year-round basis. Tours are approximately 45 minutes long and are limited to 20 persons per tour (including infants and children). Before the scheduled tour, each person or party must register at the reservation desk VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:10 Oct 07, 2008 Jkt 217001 located inside the Visitor Center. Group tours are available for large parties including schools, travel clubs, universities, and other organizations. Group tours are limited to 40 persons per tour and reservations must be made in advance. For additional information about tours at Glen Canyon Dam, you may contact the Glen Canyon Natural History Association Tour Program at (928) 608–6072. The Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 (Title XXVIII, Pub. L. 102–575, Sec. 2805) gives Reclamation the authority to charge a recreation user fee for public tours at Glen Canyon Dam. Fees collected from the dam tours will be deposited in the Basin Fund account as directed by the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956. Dated: September 18, 2008. Larry Walkoviak, Regional Director, Upper Colorado Region. [FR Doc. E8–23804 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that on September 25, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree with Livingston & Company, Inc. (‘‘Consent Decree’’) in United States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. Atlas-Lederer Co., et al., Civil Action No. C–3–91–309 was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. In this action, the United States sought reimbursement of response costs in connection with the United Scrap Lead Superfund Site in Troy, Miami County, Ohio (‘‘the Site’’) pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Consent Decree resolves the United States’ claims against Defendant Livingston & Company, Inc. (‘‘Livingston’’) for response costs incurred as a result of the release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. This is an ‘‘ability-to-pay’’ settlement based on financial analyses conducted by the Department’s Antitrust Corporate Finance Unit. Livingston will pay the United States $1,609,732 over a threeyear period with half of the payment ($847,228) being paid within 20 days of entry of the settlement. The United States’ remaining outstanding costs exceed $7.5 million and are being PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 sought from the remaining defendants in this case. The Consent Decree also resolves the United Scrap Lead Respondent Group’s (‘‘Respondent Group’’) CERCLA claims against Livingston for response costs incurred by the Respondent Group in cleaning up the Site under an earlier Consent Decree. Livingston will pay the Respondent Group $290,268 over approximately a one-year period. 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 United States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. AtlasLederer Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3– 279B. The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, Federal Building Room 602, 200 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio, or at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html . A copy of the proposed 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 $6.25 (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. William Brighton, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. E8–23744 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P E:\FR\FM\08OCN1.SGM 08OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 58978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23744]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 25, 2008, a proposed 
Consent Decree with Livingston & Company, Inc. (``Consent Decree'') in 
United States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. Atlas-Lederer Co., et al., 
Civil Action No. C-3-91-309 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States sought reimbursement of response 
costs in connection with the United Scrap Lead Superfund Site in Troy, 
Miami County, Ohio (``the Site'') pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Consent Decree resolves the United States' 
claims against Defendant Livingston & Company, Inc. (``Livingston'') 
for response costs incurred as a result of the release or threatened 
release of hazardous substances at the Site. This is an ``ability-to-
pay'' settlement based on financial analyses conducted by the 
Department's Antitrust Corporate Finance Unit. Livingston will pay the 
United States $1,609,732 over a three-year period with half of the 
payment ($847,228) being paid within 20 days of entry of the 
settlement. The United States' remaining outstanding costs exceed $7.5 
million and are being sought from the remaining defendants in this 
case. The Consent Decree also resolves the United Scrap Lead Respondent 
Group's (``Respondent Group'') CERCLA claims against Livingston for 
response costs incurred by the Respondent Group in cleaning up the Site 
under an earlier Consent Decree. Livingston will pay the Respondent 
Group $290,268 over approximately a one-year period.
    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 
United States v. A-L Processors, f.k.a. Atlas-Lederer Co., et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-279B.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, Federal Building Room 602, 
200 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio, or at the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590. During the public comment period, the proposed 
Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, to https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html . 
A copy of the proposed 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 $6.25 
(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.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-23744 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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