[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-54]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and section 
122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on 
December 19, 2007 a proposed settlement agreement in In re W.R. Grace & 
Co., Case No. 01-01139 (JFK), was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The proposed Settlement 
Agreement would resolve the United States' proofs of claim filed in 
W.R. Grace & Co.'s bankruptcy proceeding for environmental response 
costs at 33 sites pursuant to section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, W.R. Grace & Co. will 
grant the United States an allowed general unsecured claim of 
$34,065,813.31 and an administrative priority claim of $2,294,279.86 
(of which $672,574.42 will be paid within 30 days of Bankruptcy Court 
approval). Certain other PRPs at these sites will receive allowed 
general unsecured claims totaling $7,707,336.88.
    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, Washington DC 20530, and may be submitted by electronic mail 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52222730313d3f3f373c263737217c373c2036122721363d387c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a4a1b6b7bbb9b9b1baa0b1b1a7fab1baa6b094a1a7b0bbbefab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments should refer to In re W.R. 
Grace & Co. Case, No. 01-01139 (JFK), and Department of Justice 
Reference No. 90-11-2-07106/5.
    The settlement agreement may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31455e5f58501f575d545445465e5e55714442555e5b1f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c687372757d327a707979686b7373785c696f787376327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. 202-514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547 In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $11.00 ($.25 per page) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 08-54 Filed 1-10-08; 8:45 am]
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