[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10883]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 23, 2001, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in In Re: Teplitz Auto Parts, Inc., No. 00-13384 
(ash) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), a bankruptcy action involving Teplitz Auto 
Parts, Inc., a defendant in United States v. Woodward Metal Processing, 
Corp. et al., No. 98-2736 (JWB/GDH) (D.N.J.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. By its 
terms, the Settlement Agreement becomes effective only after approval 
is obtained from both the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court.
    In the District Court action, the United States sought to recover 
response costs incurred in connection with a removal action at the 
Woodward Metal Processing Corporation Site, located at 125 Woodward 
Street, Jersey City, New Jersey (``Site''), pursuant to Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607. The proposed Settlement Agreement 
would allow a general unsecured claim in the bankruptcy action by the 
United States in the amount of $375,000. Together with other ending 
settlements, the Settlement Agreement would resolve the District Court 
action in its entirety.
    The U.S. Department of Justice will receive, for period of thirty 
(30) days from the date of publication of this Notice, comments 
relating to the proposed Settlement Agreement. Any comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should reference the following case name 
and number: United States v. Metal Processing Corp., et al., DJ #90-11-
2-1299/1.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the offices of 
EPA Region II, located at 290 Broadway, New York, New York, c/o 
Virginia Curry, Esq., (212) 637-3134, or at the U.S. Attorney's Office, 
970 Broad St., 7th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, c/o Susan Cassell, Esq., 
(973) 645-2700. A copy of the proposed Settlement 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, c/o Peggy Fenlon-
Gore, (202) 514-5245. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $6.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.

Ronald G. Gluck, Esq.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-10883 Filed 5-1-01; 8:45 am]
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