[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 29713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13583]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in In re Edward Cyril 
Niedermeyer

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement between 
the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the Trustee of the bankruptcy estate in 
In re Edward Cyril Niedermeyer was lodged on May 18, 1995, with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon in In re 
Edward Cyril Niedermeyer, No. 393-34353-elp7 (Bankr. D. Ore.), No. 1-
91-00100. Under the Agreement, the United States will have an allowed 
general unsecured claim of $10,000,000. Any payments received by EPA 
will be used to implement response action at the Pacific Wood Treating 
Site in Ridgefield, Washington under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq., or by the State of Washington, Department of Ecology, pursuant 
to a cooperative agreement with EPA, to implement response action at 
the Site pursuant to state law. The Settlement Agreement also resolves 
the United States' proof of claim on behalf of EPA filed under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement for 30 days following the publication of 
this Notice. 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 Edward 
Cyril Niedermeyer, D.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-743. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 312 U.S. 
Courthouse, 620 SW Main Street, Portland, Oregon 97205; the Region X 
Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101; and at 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 of the Settlement Agreement 
without attachments, please enclose a check in the amount of $1.50 (25 
cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-13583 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]
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