[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65362-65363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27067]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Stipulation of Settlement 
and Order of Dismissal Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 2002, two proposed 
settlement agreements were lodged with the United District Court of the 
Northern District of Indiana in the matter of United States v. American 
Standard, Inc. et al., Civil No. 3:01CV0513RM. One proposed agreement 
is titled ``Consent Decree with Perma-Fix Environmental Services of 
Michigan'' (``Consent Decree'') and the other is titled ``Stipulation 
of Settlement and Order of Dismissal Between United States and LTV 
Steel Company'' (``Stipulation of Dismissal'').
    In its Complaint, the United States sought to recover response 
costs incurred by the United States in connection with the Four County 
Landfill Site in Fulton County, Indiana (the ``Site''). The complaint 
alleges that the United States undertook response actions as a result 
of releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Site, 
and that Perma-Fix Environmental Services of Michigan (``Perma-Fix'') 
and LTV Steel Company, Inc. (``LTV''), among other named defendants, 
were jointly and severally liable for the costs of such response 
actions.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Perma-Fix will pay $153,585 to 
the Hazardous Substances Superfund as partial reimbursement of response 
costs that the United States paid in connection with the Site through 
April 30, 2002. Under the proposed Stipulation of Settlement, LTV has 
agreed to the entry of judgment against it for $63,389 in settlement of 
the United States' claims for recovery of response cost that the United 
States paid in connection with the Site through April 30, 2002. Since 
LTV filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the Northern District 
of Ohio in December of 2000, which was docketed as In Re LTV Steel 
Company, Inc., Bankruptcy No. 00-43866, the Stipulation of Settlement 
must be submitted to the bankruptcy court or approval pursuant to 
Bankruptcy Rule 9019. Under the terms of the Stipulation of Settlement, 
the United States shall be allowed a general unsecured claim for the 
agreed judgment amount of $63,389. Only the amount of cash received by 
EPA on its general unsecured claim shall be credited by EPA to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 30 days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
Consent Decree and the proposed Stipulation of Settlement. Comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. 
American Standard, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07510.
    The proposed Consent Decree and the proposed Stipulation of 
Settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 
204 S. Main Street, South Bend, Indiana, 46601, and at U.S. EPA Region 
5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree, the proposed Stipulation of Settlement, or 
both, may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the consent 
Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.25

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(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In 
requesting a copy of the Stipulation of Settlement, please enclose a 
check of $5.75 (25 cents per page) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-27067 Filed 10-23-02; 8:45 am]
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