[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22134]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and Chapter 11 
of the United States Bankruptcy Code

    Notice is hereby given that on September 10, 2008, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement (``Agreement'') in In re Shapes/Arch Holdings LLC 
et al., Case No. 08-14631(GMB) (Bankr. D.N.J.), was lodged with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The 
Agreement was entered into by the United States, on behalf of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), and Shapes/
Arch Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries, Shapes LLC, Delair LLC, Accu-
Weld LLC, and Ultra LLC (collectively the ``Debtors''). The Agreement 
relates to liabilities of the Debtors under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA''). The Agreement provides that the 
Debtors will make a payment to the United States in a total amount of 
$811,924, representing the following amounts for the following 
Superfund sites: The Swope Oil Site in Pennshauken, NJ--$375,000, the 
D'Imperio Superfund Site in Hamilton Township, NJ--$149,506, the Ewan 
Superfund Site in Shamong Township, NJ--$62,418, and the Lightman Drum 
Company Site in Winslow Township, NJ--$225,000. The Agreement also 
covers two additional sites--the Chemical Control Corporation Site in 
Elizabeth, NJ and the Berks Associates/Douglassville Disposal Site in 
Douglassville, PA--for no payment amount, as a result of prior 
settlements for those sites. Finally, the Agreement provides that the 
Puchack Wellfield Site in Pennshauken, NJ will be treated as a 
discharged site under Section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 
1141.
    For a period of 30 days from the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Agreement. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3a3a6b1b0bcbebeb6bda7feb6b6a0fdb6bda1b793a6a0b7bcb9fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5959087868a8888808b91c8808096cb808b9781a59096818a8fcb828a93">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to In re 
Shapes/Arch Holdings LLC et. al., Case No. 08-14631(GMB) (Bankr. 
D.N.J.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09456. A copy of the comments should 
be sent to Donald G. Frankel, Department of Justice, Environmental 
Enforcement Section, One Gateway Center, Suite 616, Newton, MA 02458 or 
e-mailed to him at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#27434849464b4309415546494c424b67525443484d09404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03676c6d626f672d6571626d68666f437670676c692d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
    The Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor, Newark, 
N.J. 07102 (contact Anthony Labruna at 973-645-2926) or at the offices 
of EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866 (contact Michael 
J. van Itallie at 212-637-3151). During the public comment period, the 
Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decree 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#6f1b0001060e4109030a0a1b1800000b2f1a1c0b000541080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a7e6564636b246c666f6f7e7d65656e4a7f796e6560246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the Consent 
Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury (if the request is by fax or e-mail, forward a check to 
the Consent Decree library at the address stated above).

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-22134 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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