[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8111-8112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3013]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and section 122 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on February 2, 2005, a
proposed Settlement Agreement in In re: Polaroid Corporation, et al.,
Case No. 01-10864 (PJW), was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware.
In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), timely filed a Proof of
Claim against Polaroid Corporation pursuant to section 107(a) of
CERCLA, as amended, 42 U.S. 9607, in connection with the Peterson/
Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site, located in the towns of Cumberland and
Lincoln, Rhode Island (the ``Site''). Pursuant to the terms of the
Settlement Agreement between the United States and Reorganized
Polaroid, the United States shall have an allowed general unsecured
claim in the amount of $11 million, and Reorganized Polaroid shall
receive a covenant not to sue for future response costs relating to the
Site and as provided in the Settlement Agreement.
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: Polaroid Corporation, et al., Case No. 01-10864 (PJW).
The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the offices of EPA
Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, SES, Boston, MA 02114-2023.
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
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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]), a 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 $2.25
(25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-3013 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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