Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2001 / Notices 9597

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that the United

States, on behalf of the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Western

District of Pennsylvania, in In re H.K.

Porter Company, Inc., Bankruptcy

Action No. 91–468–WWB (PGH), on

January 16, 2001. This Settlement

Agreement resolves the claims of the

United States against H.K. Porter

Company, Inc. (‘‘H.K. Porter’’), pursuant

to the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et.

seq.. The Settlement Agreement

concerns H.K. Porter’s ownership and

operation of the Southern Asbestos site

located at 426 Salem Road,

Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South

Carolina (the ‘‘Site’’).

The Settlement Agreement provides

that pursuant to the Fourth Amended

Creditors Committee Plan of

Reorganization, H.K. Porter will pay

$215,071 as a Class VII unsecured claim

to the United States in reimbursement of

response costs incurred by the United

States at the Site. The Settlement

Agreement further provides that the

United States covenants not to bring a

civil action or take administrative action

against H.K. Porter pursuant to

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, or

the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, relating to

the Site.

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, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to In re H.K. Porter

Company, Inc. DOJ #90–11–3–07062.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the United States Trustees

Office, Western District of Pennsylvania,

1000 Liberty Avenue, Room 319,

Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained by mail from the Department

of Justice consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the

reference number given above and

enclose a check in the amount of $1.50

(25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Nassau Metals Corp., et

al., C.A. No. 3:96–CV–562 (M.D. Pa.),

was lodged on December 20, 2000, with

the United States District Court for the

Middle District of Pennsylvania. The

consent decree resolves the United

States’ claims against the Estate of

Joseph Brenner and the personal

representative of the Estate with respect

to past costs, pursuant to Section 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with

the cleanup of the C&D Recycling, Inc.,

Site, located in Luzerne County,

Pennsylvania. Under the consent

decree, the personal representative of

the Estate, based upon an ability-to-pay

settlement, will pay the United States

$77,000 in reimbursement of past

response costs within forty-five days

after entry of the consent decree by the

Court. The personal representative of

the Estate has also agreed to sell the Site

property, in cooperation with a coowner of the property, and to pay the

United States the proceeds from said

sale as provided under the terms of the

consent decree.

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, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Nassau

Metals Corp., et al., DOJ Reference No.

90–11–3–1057–A.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Suite 309, Federal

Building, Washington and Linden

Streets, Scanton, Pennsylvania 18501;

and the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103–2029. A copy of the proposed

decree may be obtained by mail from

the Department of Justice Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a

copy, please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of

$8.00 (.25 cents per page production

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Robert D. Brook,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Clean Air Act

Notice is hereby given that on January

19, 2001 a proposed Consent Decree

(‘‘Decree’’) in United States and State of

Colorado v. William Field Services Co.

et al., Civil Action No. 01–S–0113 was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the District of Colorado. The

United States filed this action pursuant

to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act

(the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for

noncompliance with Section 165 of the

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475 pertaining to

increased emissions of volatile organic

compounds from major modifications at

the settling defendant’s so-called

Ignacio Plant, a natural gas processing

facility situated within the exterior

boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian

Reservation near Durango, Colorado.

Under the terms of the Decree

Williams Field Services Company and

Williams Gas Processing Company, Inc.,

will pay the United States a civil

penalty in the amount of $850,000, and

meet emission standards and other

terms and conditions set forth in the

Decree regarding emissions of volatile

organic compounds until such time that

a PSD permit has been issued to the

companies by EPA or other duly

authorized State or Tribal agency or

commission to which EPA has delegated

PSD permitting authority.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the Decree. Comments should

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Williams Field Services Co., et

al., D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–06938.

The Decree may be examined at the

offices of the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999