[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14930]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Compromise and Settlement Agreement Pursuant
to the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA'')
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section
122(i)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(i)(2), notice is hereby given
that a proposed Compromise and Settlement Agreement (``Settlement
Agreement'') in In re Wesley Industries, Inc., B.R. No. 90-10338, (S.D.
Ala.), was lodged on April 16, 1997 with the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Southern District of Alabama. This Settlement Agreement
resolves a cost recovery action brought by the United States against
the settling defendant pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9607. The settling defendant is the past operator of the Chem-4
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Demopolis, Alabama. The Settlement
Agreement grants the United States an allowable administrative expense
claim of $50,000 and an allowable unsecured claim of $700,215.10
against the settling defendant's bankruptcy estate.
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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to In re Wesley Industries, Inc., DOJ #90-11-3-1672.
The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of
the United States Attorney, 169 Dauphin Street, Suite 200, Mobile, Al
36602; the Region 4 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61
Forsythe Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303; and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 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,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check for the reproduction
costs. If you want a copy of the Settlement Agreement, then the amount
of the check should be $3.00 (12 pages at 25 cents per page). The check
should be made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14930 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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