[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12983]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement In re AM 
International, Inc., et al., Case No. 82-B-04922 (Bktcy. N.D. Ill.) and 
In re AM International, Inc., et al., Case No. 93-582 (Bktcy. Del.), 
was lodged on May 13, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for 
the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The proofs of 
claim in these actions seek to recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be incurred 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Fisher 
Calo Chemical Superfund Site near LaPorte, Indiana (``Site'').
    The proposed settlement agreement embodies an agreement with AM 
International Inc. (``AM''): (1) to pay $43,384 to the Hazardous 
Substances Superfund for partial reimbursement of EPA's past and future 
response costs at the Site; and (2) to pay $1,800 to the U.S. 
Department of the Interior (``DOI'') to resolve potential claims for 
natural resources damages in connection with the Site.
    The proposed settlement agreement also provides AM with releases 
for civil liability under Section 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607(a), and Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, for EPA's past and future 
response cost and for natural damages at the Site for resources under 
the trusteeship of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    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 Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to In re AM 
International, Inc., et al, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-23D. In addition, 
pursuant to Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), any member of 
the public who desires a public meeting in the area affected by the 
proposed settlement agreement in order to discuss the proposed 
settlement agreement prior to its final entry by the court may request 
that such a meeting be held. Any such request for a public meeting 
should be submitted within fifteen (15) days from the date of this 
publication and sent to the same address and bear the same reference as 
indicated above for submission of comments.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Dirkson 
Building, Room 1200, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 
60604; the Region V Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, Attn: Andrew 
Warren; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth 
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, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12983 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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