[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-14332]
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[Federal Register: June 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as
Amended
In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7,
notice is hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement in In re
Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, (Bankr. E.D.
Mo.) was lodged on June 2, 1994 with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri. The agreement resolves claims of
the United States against Debtor Valley Steel Products Company, Inc.
(``Valley Steel'') in the above-referenced bankruptcy under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA'') and under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(``RCRA'') for contamination at Valley Steel's former manufacturing
facility in Louisiana, Missouri (the ``Site''). In the proposed
settlement agreement Valley Steel agrees to give the United States an
allowed general unsecured pre-petition claim of $1,900,000 in
settlement of the United States' claims for response costs incurred or
to be incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site.
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 the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to In re
Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, DOJ Ref. #90-11-
2-298B.
The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri,
63101; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,
726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101; and the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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 NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
John C. Cruden, Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 94-14332 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
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