96-27265. Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27265]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement in the 
bankruptcy proceeding entitled In re M&V Electroplating Corp., Chapter 
11 Case No. 95-12868-CJK (Bankr. D. Mass.), was lodged on October 11, 
1996, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Massachusetts. The proposed settlement agreement resolves claims filed 
by the United States in an Application of the United States for 
Reimbursement of Administrative Expenses alleging that M&V 
Electroplating Corporation (``M&V'') is liable (1) pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., for costs incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in connection with a removal 
action taken by EPA at the facility located at 5 Greenleaf Street, 
Newburyport, Massachusetts (``Greenleaf Facility''), where M&V formerly 
operated an electroplating business, and (2) pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., for 
penalties in connection with violations of RCRA discovered by EPA 
during inspections of the M&V facility located at 4 Perkins Way, 
Newburyport, Massachusetts (``Perkins Way Facility'') on January 26, 
1996 and February 8, 1996. Under the proposed settlement agreement, M&V 
will pay the United States, over a period of eight years, $192,820 with 
respect to the CERCLA claim, including 6% interest on $38,564 of this 
amount, and $26,591 with respect to the RCRA claim, including 6% 
interest on $5,318 of this amount. M&V's CERCLA obligation will be 
reduced to the extent that the United States receives proceeds from the 
sale of Greenleaf Facility pursuant to a separate settlement that the 
United States has entered into with Joyce Vigeant, the owner of the 
Greenleaf Facility, in United States v. Vigeant, No. (D. Mass.).
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fifteen 
(15) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed settlement agreement. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 20530, and should 
refer to In re M&V Electroplating Corp., Case No. 95-12868-CJK (Bankr. 
D. Mass.), DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-945C.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at EPA Region 1, 
One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts (contact Amelia Katzen, 617-
565-1133); and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, [phone]. A copy of the proposed 
settlement agreement may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27265 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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