[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14466-14467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7287]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in In Re Montgomery
Ward Holding Company Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that a Settlement Agreement (``Agreement'')
in In re Montgomery Ward Holding Corp., et al., No. 97-1409 (PJW)
(Bankr. D. Del.), has been entered into by the United States on behalf
of U.S. EPA, U.S. DOI, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (``NOAA'') of the United States Department of Commerce,
the State of California, and Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated and
certain of its subsidiaries (collectively the ``Debtors'') and was
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware on March 10, 1999. The agreement relates to liabilities under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq. The Agreement resolves
CERCLA claims against the Debtors for the following forty-seven (47)
hazardous waste sites, denominated as ``Liquidated Sites'' under the
Agreement: the American Chemical Services Site in Griffith, Indiana;
the Arcanum Iron and Metal Site in Arcanum, Ohio; the Arrowhead Site in
Hermantown, Minnesota; the Auburn Incinerator Site in Auburn, Indiana;
the Batavia Landfill Site in Batavia, New York; the Bay Drum Site in
Tampa, Florida; the Bypass 601 Site in Concord, North Carolina; the
Casmalia Site in Casmalia, Santa Barbara County, California; the
Calumet Container Site in Cook County, Illinois; the Cam-Or Site in
Westville, Indiana; the Chemical Control Site in Elizabeth, New Jersey;
the Chemical Recycling Site in Wylie, Texas; the Coakley Landfill Site
in North Hampton, New Hampshire; the Combustion Inc. Site in Livingston
Parish, Louisiana; the Doepke Disposal Site in Johnson County, Kansas;
the Ekotek Site in Salt Lake City, Utah; the Envirochem Site in
Zionsville, Indiana; the Envirochem (Third Site) in Zionsville,
Indiana; the Gould Site in Portland, Oregon; the Brand Trunk Site in
Battle Creek, Michigan; the Great Lakes Asphalt Site in Zionsville,
Indiana; the H. Brown Site in Walker, Michigan; the Hardage Site in
Criner, Oklahoma; the Huth Oil Site in Cleveland, Ohio; the Lenz Oil
Site in Lemont, Illinois; the Liquid Disposal Site in Shelby Township,
Michigan; the Miami County Incinerator Site in Troy, Ohio; the New Lyme
Site in New Lyme, Ohio; the Ninth Avenue Dump Site in Gary, Indiana;
the Operating Industries Site in Los Angeles, California; the PSC
Resources Site in Palmer, Massachusetts; the Peak Oil Site in Tampa,
Florida; the Petroleum Products Corp. Site in Pembroke Park, Florida;
the Purity Oil Site in Malaga, California; the SAAD Superfund Site in
Nashville, Tennessee; the Sapp Battery Salvage Site in Alford, Florida;
the Seaboard Chemical Site in Jamestown, North Carolina; the Sidney
Mine Site in Hillsborough County, Florida; the Standard Steel Site in
Anchorage, Alaska; the Thermo Chem Inc. Site in Muskegon, Michigan; the
Tri-County/Elgin Landfill Site in Kane County, Illinois, the Torrington
Hide & Metal Site and the Smith Residence Site in Goshen County,
Wyoming; the U.S. Scrap Site in Chicago, Illinois; the Waste Inc. Site
in Michigan City, Indiana; the Wayne Reclamation and Recycling, Inc.
Site in Columbia City, Indiana; the Yeoman Creek Site in Waukegan,
Illinois; and the York Oil Site in Moira, New York.
Under the Agreement, the Debtors have agreed to allowed claims in
the total amount of $4,611,683 for these sites as specified in the
Agreement. Of this amount, EPA, or PRPs doing work for EPA under
consent decrees with EPA, will have allowed claims for $4,234,761, DOI
will have an allowed claim of $350,222, NOAA will have allowed claim of
$20,000 and California
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will have an allowed claim of $6,700. The Agreement also contains
provisions pertaining to the treatment of three other categories of
sites: Debtor-Owned Sites, Work Consent Decree Sites, and Additional
Sites.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Agreement for 30 days following the publication of this
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to In re Montgomery
Ward Holding Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1321.
The proposed Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite
1100, Chemical Bank Plaza, Wilmington, DE 19899-2046; the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20460; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of the proposed
Agreement may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In
requesting a copy of the proposed Amended Settlement Agreement, please
enclose a check in the amount of $12.50 (25 cents per page for
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7287 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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