[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 62 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16957-16958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7240]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in In re Cedar Chemical 
Co. and In re Vicksburg Chemical Corp., Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Cercla)

    Notice is hereby given that on March 24, 2004, a Stipulation and 
Order has been filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of New York in In re Cedar Chemical Co., Case No. 02-
11039, and In re Vicksburg Chemical Corp., Case No. 02-11040 (Bankr. 
S.D.N.Y.), concerning the liabilities of the Debtors for chemical plant 
facilities in West Helena, Arkansas, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. This 
settlement would resolve the EPA's claims in this bankruptcy proceeding 
for a cash payment of $250,000, $125,000 for each site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Stipulation and Order 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 Cedar Chemical Co. and In re Vicksburg

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Chemical Corp. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-463/1.
    The Stipulation and Order may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Civil 
Division, 86 Chambers Street, 3d Floor, New York, NY 10007, by request 
to Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Kennedy, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460. During the public comment period, the Stipulation and Order may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Stipulation and 
Order 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 $2.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-7240 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]
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