[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52778-52779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21457]
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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 August 24, 2010, a proposed
Settlement Agreement in the bankruptcy matter, In re Chemtura Corp., et
al., Jointly Administered Case No. 09-11233 (REG), was lodged with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Settlement Agreement resolves proofs of claim filed by the United
States on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'')
against debtor Chemtura Corporation and certain of its affiliates
(collectively, ``Chemtura'') for response costs under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, with respect to the following 18
sites: (1) The Beacon Heights Landfill Superfund Site in Connecticut;
(2) the Carolawn Superfund Site in South Carolina; (3) the Central
Chemical Superfund Site in Maryland; (4) the Cleve Reber Superfund Site
in Louisiana; (5) the Cooper Drum Company Superfund Site in California;
(6) the Delaware Sand and Gravel Superfund Site in Delaware; (7) the
Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey; (8) the El Dorado Site in
Arkansas; (9) the Halby Chemical Superfund Site in Delaware; (10) the
Interstate Lead Company Superfund Site in Alabama; (11) the Jadco
Hughes Superfund Site in North Carolina; (12) the Landia Chemical
Company Superfund Site in Florida; (13) the LWD Site in Kentucky; (14)
the Malone Service Company Superfund Site in Texas; (15) the Red
Panther Chemical Company Site in Mississippi; (16) the Stauffer-LeMoyne
Superfund Site in Alabama; (17) the Stoney Creek Technologies Site in
Pennsylvania; and (18) the Swope Oil Superfund Site in New Jersey.
The Settlement Agreement further resolves: (1) a claim of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration against Chemtura for
past assessment costs relating to natural resource damages with respect
to the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site; and (2) a claim of EPA against
Chemtura for civil penalties with respect to the Bio-Lab Facility in
Georgia pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q; the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251-1387; CERCLA; and the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001-11050.
Under the Settlement Agreement, EPA and NOAA collectively will
receive allowed general unsecured claims in the bankruptcy totaling
$16,928,038.
The United States will also receive cash payments totaling
$9,119,423, in connection with the following eight sites: (1) The
Beacon Heights Superfund Site in Connecticut; (2) the Cleve Reber
Superfund Site in Louisiana; (3) the Cooper Drum Superfund Site in
California; (4) the Delaware Sand and Gravel Superfund Site in
Delaware; (5) the Halby Chemical Superfund Site in Delaware; (6) the
Interstate Lead Company Superfund Site in Alabama; (7) the Stauffer-
LeMoyne Superfund Site in Alabama; and (8) the Stoney Creek Superfund
Site in Pennsylvania.
The Settlement Agreement further requires Chemtura to continue to
perform its existing work obligations at one Superfund site, the Laurel
Park, Inc. Superfund Site in Connecticut.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fifteen
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
Settlement Agreement. To be considered, comments must be received by
the Department of Justice by the date that is fifteen days from the
date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should
refer to In re Chemtura Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09736.
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 86 Chambers Street, 3rd Floor, New York, New
York 10007, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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/Consent_Decrees.html. Copies 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 $10.50 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail
or fax, please forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree
Library at the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-21457 Filed 8-26-10; 8:45 am]
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