[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53737-53738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19981]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in In re Special Metals 
Corporation, et al. Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response 
Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 25, 2004, a Settlement 
Agreement has been filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for 
the Eastern District of Kentucky in In re Special Metals Corporation, 
et al., Case No. 02-10335-02-100338, Adversary No. 03-1010 (Bankr. E.D. 
Ky.), concerning liabilities of the Debtor under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 
relating to the Ludlow Sand and Gravel Superfund Site in Paris, New 
York. This Settlement Agreement would resolve the Complaint for 
declaratory relief brought by Debtor against the United States and 
State of New York in this adversary proceeding and would require Debtor 
to participate in the environmental remediation at the Site by 
contributing $1,000,000 towards remediation at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication. 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 In re Special Metals Corporation, et al., (E.D.

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Ky), D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-08084. Commenters may request an opportunity for 
a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 
7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 110 West 
Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507-1671, by request to Assistant U.S. 
Attorney David Middleton; and at the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007 by 
request to Assistant Regional Counsel George Shanahan. During the 
public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may also be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 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 or by faxing or e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-19981 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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