97-10015. Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Order Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19354-19355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10015]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Order Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed Stipulation and Order in the action entitled In 
re Smith Corona Corp., et al., No. 95-788 (HSB) (Bankr. D. Del.), was 
lodged on April 8, 1997 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware. The proposed Stipulation and Order resolves 
claims by the United States, the State of New York, Keystone 
Consolidated Industries, Inc., Monarch Machine & Tool Co., Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corp., and Overhead Door Corp., asserted pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, against the 
debtors in this bankruptcy proceeding, which are Smith Corona Corp., 
SCM Office Supplies, Inc., SCC LI Corp., Hulse Manufacturing Co., Smith 
Corona Overseas Holdings Inc., SCM (United Kingdom) Ltd., and SCM 
Inter-

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 American Corp. (collectively, ``Smith Corona''). These claims are for 
recovery of response costs incurred and/or to be incurred by the 
claimants with respect to the Rosen Superfund Site in the city of 
Cortland, Cortland County, New York.
    Under the terms of the proposed Stipulation and Order, the United 
States will receive a combination of allowed general unsecured claim 
distributions and cash totalling $200,129.70, the State of New York 
will receive allowed general unsecured claim distributions of $3,000, 
and the four corporate claimants will receive, collectively, a 
combination of allowed general unsecured claim distributions and cash 
totalling $46,870.30.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Stipulation and Order. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
In re Smith Corona Corp., et al., No. 95-788 (HSB) (Bankr. D. Del.), 
DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1578.
    The proposed Stipulation and Order may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, 1201 Market Street, Suite 1100, Wilmington, 
Delaware 19899-2046; the Region II Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866; and the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, telephone [phone]. A copy of the proposed 
Stipulation and Order may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) made payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10015 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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