96-30806. Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreements Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64366-64367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30806]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that proposed Settlement Agreements in 
United States v. H. K. Porter Company, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 
96C-579 and In Re H. K. Porter Company, Inc., Bankruptcy No. 91-
00468WWB were lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania on November 4, 1996 and filed with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 
on November 6, 1996. The proposed Settlement Agreements resolve the 
claims of the plaintiff, the United States of America, filed against 
defendant, H. K. Porter, Inc. (``Porter'') in district court and 
bankruptcy court pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    The Settlement Agreements pertain to the Bollinger Steel Superfund 
Site (``Site''), located in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County, 
Pennsylvania. They require Porter, a

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prior owner and operator of the Site, to stipulate to the United 
States' contested claim in bankruptcy as a general allowed unsecured 
claim of $1,550,000 and to relinquish any claims it may have against 
the United States. The Settlement Agreements also include covenants not 
to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,  and Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, and provide Porter with 
contribution protection.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. H. K. Porter Company, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-
2-738C. Commentors may request an opportunity for a public meeting in 
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed Settlement Agreements may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 
United States Post Office & Court House, 7th Avenue & Grant Street, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219; the Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, [phone]. A copy of the 
proposed Settlement Agreements may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy of the body of the 
proposed Settlement Agreements, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-30806 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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