[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 31214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5020]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on May 18, 2006, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement in In re W.R. Grace & Co., et al., Case Number Case No. 01-
01139 (JFK), was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware.
    On or around December 17, 2004, the United States filed a 
supplemental proof of claim in the W.R. Grace & Co. (``Grace'') 
bankruptcy proceeding seeking costs incurred and to be incurred at the 
Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund Site in Wauconda, Illinois pursuant 
to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Grace is one of 
several potentially responsible parties at the Site. Some, but not all, 
of the other potentially responsible parties have formed the Wauconda 
Task Group (``WTG'') to perform cleanup work at the Site. The proposed 
Settlement Agreement would withdraw the United States' supplemental 
proof of claim related to the Wauconda Site upon payment of $1.25 
million to the WTG, at least 55% of which shall only be used to fund a 
public water system in Wauconda, Illinois. Grace's payment to WTG would 
be made pursuant to a separate Stipulation between Grace and the WTG 
(to which the United States is not a party), and must be separately 
approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of 
this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to In re 
W.R. Grace & Co. and D.J. Ref. Number 90-11-2-07106/5.
    The decree may be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the decree 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 payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5020 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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