[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12112]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Department policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In re AM
International, Inc., et al., Case No. 82-B-04922 (Bktcy. N.D. III.) and
In re AM International, Inc., et al., Case No. 93-582 (Bktcy. Del.),
was lodged on April 29, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Delaware. The proofs of claim in these actions seek
to recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,
response costs incurred and to be incurred by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Solvents Recovery Service of New
England, Inc. Superfund Site located in the Town of Southington,
Connecticut (``Site'').
The proposed Settlement Agreement embodies as agreement with AM
International, Inc. to reimburse EPA for a portion of its past and
future response costs at the Site. Of the $450,555 generated by the
settlement, $157,694 will be paid to the Hazardous Substances Superfund
for reimbursement of EPA's past response costs at the Site, and
$292,861 will be deposited into a trust account to be used for the
partial funding of future remedial actions at the Site. The proposed
Settlement Agreement also provides for AM International, Inc. to pay
the U.S. Department of the Interior (``DOI'') $10,000 to resolve
potential claims for damages to natural resources under the trusteeship
of DOI.
The proposed Settlement Agreement also provides AM International,
Inc. with a release for civil liability for EPA's past and future
CERCLA response costs and natural resource damages at the Site for
resources under the trusteeship of the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to In re AM
International, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-23D.
The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, Chemical Bank Plaza, 1201 Market Street,
Suite 1100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899-2046; the New England Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-New England Records Center, 90
Canal Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005,
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the
amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the
Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12112 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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