[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 9598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1700]


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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 February 10, 
2006, a proposed settlement agreement in In re Imperial Home Decor 
Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-19 (Bktcy Del.), was lodged with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
    The settlement agreement resolves the United States' proof of claim 
in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Imperial Home Decor Group, Inc. and 
its affiliates (``Debtors''). The United States' proof of claim sought 
recovery of cleanup costs pursuant to Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), at the SRS Superfund Site in Southington, 
Connecticut (``Site''). Predecessors of Debtors allegedly arranged for 
the treatment or disposal of hazardous substances at the Site. The 
settlement provides for the United States to have an allowed unsecured 
claim of $919,705. The claim will be paid in the ordinary course of the 
bankruptcy proceeding.
    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 Imperial Home Decor Group, Inc., et al., D.J. No. 90-7-
1-23/1.
    The settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Nemours Building, 1007 Orange Street, Suite 
700, Wilmington, DE 19801, and at the Region I Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, 
Boston, MA 02114. During the public comment period, the settlement 
agreement also may 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 $1.00 (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. 06-1700 Filed 2-23-06; 8:45 am]
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