[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14332]


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[Federal Register: June 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as 
Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement in In re 
Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, (Bankr. E.D. 
Mo.) was lodged on June 2, 1994 with the United States Bankruptcy Court 
for the Eastern District of Missouri. The agreement resolves claims of 
the United States against Debtor Valley Steel Products Company, Inc. 
(``Valley Steel'') in the above-referenced bankruptcy under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') and under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA'') for contamination at Valley Steel's former manufacturing 
facility in Louisiana, Missouri (the ``Site''). In the proposed 
settlement agreement Valley Steel agrees to give the United States an 
allowed general unsecured pre-petition claim of $1,900,000 in 
settlement of the United States' claims for response costs incurred or 
to be incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to In re 
Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, DOJ Ref. #90-11-
2-298B.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 
63101; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101; and the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed settlement agreement may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
John C. Cruden, Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 94-14332 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
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