[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-17751]
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[Federal Register: July 21, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')
In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that
a proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order with Lone Star
Industries, Inc. (``Lone Star'') in In re New York Trap Rock
Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc., et al., Debtors, and In re
Lone Star Industries, Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11, Case Nos. 90 B21276
(HS) to 90 B21286(HS), 90 B21334(HS) and 90 B21335(HS) (Jointly
Administered) and Case No. 90 B21277(HS), was lodged on July 11, 1994,
with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York. This proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order is a
settlement of claims filed by the United States on behalf of the
Environmental Protection Agency in the above proceeding pursuant to
section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for past and future
response costs at the Portland Cement Co. (Kiln Dust, #2 & #3)
Superfund Site in Salt Lake County, Utah, Kiln Dust sites 1 and 4, also
located in Salt Lake County, Utah, and site 5 located in Davis County,
Utah (collectively, the ``Sites''). The Sites were utilized for the
deposit of cement kiln dust, a by-product of cement manufacturing,
during the period from 1965 through 1983.
The proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order provides
that the United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall be allowed a Class 4 general unsecured claim against Lone
Star in the amount of $16,292,490. In addition, the Department of
Interior, a natural resource trustee, shall be allowed a class 4
general unsecured claim in the amount of $200,000.
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
New York Trap Rock Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc., et al.,
Debtors, and In re Lone Star Industries, Inc., Debtor, DOJ Ref. #90-11-
2-602A.
The proposed settlement agreement and stipulated order may be
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District
of Utah, room 476, U.S. Courthouse, 350 South Main Street, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 999 185h Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202;
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20005, 202-624-0892. A copy of the proposed settlement
agreement and stipulated order 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 the amount of $8.50 (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. 94-17751 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]
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