[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 95 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 27850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2409]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA'') 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on May 3, 2007, a proposed Settlement Agreement with Pursue Energy 
Corporation in United States v. Pursue Energy Corporation, No. 3:03-CV-
00325-HTW-JCS (S.D. Miss.), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
    In this action, the United States sought to establish the amount of 
the defendant's liability, pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607, for the costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States in 
responding to the release and/or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at and from the Industrial Pollution Control Site in 
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. Under the proposed Settlement 
Agreement, Defendant Pursue Energy Corporation a debtor in the Chapter 
11 backruptcy proceeding In re: Pursue Energy Corporation, Chap. 11, 
Bankr. No. 3-02-05339-JEE (Bankr. S.D. Miss.), will pay $25,000 to the 
Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of costs incurred by 
the United States at the Site. The Bankruptcy Court has approved the 
debtor's entry into the proposed Settlement Agreement, and under the 
terms of the proposed Settlement agreement the United States will have 
an allowed general unsecured claim of $25,000. According to the 
debtor's debtor's confirmed bankruptcy plan of reorganization, allowed 
general unsecured claims are to be paid in full.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
day from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08787d6a6b6765656d667c256d6d7b266d667a6c487d7b6c6762266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f3f3a2d2c2022222a213b622a2a3c612a213d2b0f3a3c2b202561282039">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Pursue Energy Corporation (Settlement 
Agreement with Pursue Energy Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-06625/
2).
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 
(contact Matthew Hicks, Esq (404) 562-9670). During the public comment 
period, the Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Settlement Agreement may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d495253545c135b515858494a5252597d484e595257135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c584342454d024a404949585b4343486c595f484346024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 
512-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547.
    In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please refer 
to United States v. Pursue Energy Corporation (Settlement Agreement 
with Pursue Energy Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-06625/2), and 
enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a 
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the states 
address.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-2409 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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