[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 108 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31639-31640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 14, 2004, a 
proposed Settlement Agreement for In Re Lockwood Corporation, BK 93-
80133, was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Nebraska.
    In this action the United States sought reimbursement of response 
costs and protection of the environment relating to the continued 
maintenance of a hazardous waste management unit located at 220759 
Highway 92 in Gering, Nebraska. The Settlement Agreement is between the 
Lockwood Corporation Bankruptcy Trustee, Agromac International Inc., 
and the United States. The Agreement provides for (i) the hazardous 
waste management unit to be transferred from Lockwood to Agromac, and 
(ii) transfer of the remaining funds in the bankruptcy estate, net of 
$52,000 in reimbursement of monitoring expenditures and fees, to an 
escrow account for use in cleaning up the

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property in accordance with a companion Administration Order on Consent 
entered into between Agromac and the United States pursuant to section 
122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''). In return for the 
commitments by the Trustee, the United grants Lockwood a covenant not 
to sue under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, 
and section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 
U.S.C. 6973, relating to the Lockwood Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement. 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: Lockwood Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06924. 
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 Agreement and AOC may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, Omaha, NE 68102-1506, 
at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, 
and on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Agreement and AOC 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 a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $3.75 for the Agreement, and/or $19.50 for the AOC (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-12624 Filed 6-03-04; 8:45 am]
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