[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12112]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In re AM 
International, Inc., et al., Case No. 82-B-04922 (Bktcy. N.D. III.) and 
In re AM International, Inc., et al., Case No. 93-582 (Bktcy. Del.), 
was lodged on April 29, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court 
for the District of Delaware. The proofs of claim in these actions seek 
to recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., 
response costs incurred and to be incurred by U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Solvents Recovery Service of New 
England, Inc. Superfund Site located in the Town of Southington, 
Connecticut (``Site'').
    The proposed Settlement Agreement embodies as agreement with AM 
International, Inc. to reimburse EPA for a portion of its past and 
future response costs at the Site. Of the $450,555 generated by the 
settlement, $157,694 will be paid to the Hazardous Substances Superfund 
for reimbursement of EPA's past response costs at the Site, and 
$292,861 will be deposited into a trust account to be used for the 
partial funding of future remedial actions at the Site. The proposed 
Settlement Agreement also provides for AM International, Inc. to pay 
the U.S. Department of the Interior (``DOI'') $10,000 to resolve 
potential claims for damages to natural resources under the trusteeship 
of DOI.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement also provides AM International, 
Inc. with a release for civil liability for EPA's past and future 
CERCLA response costs and natural resource damages at the Site for 
resources under the trusteeship of the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to In re AM 
International, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-23D.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Chemical Bank Plaza, 1201 Market Street, 
Suite 1100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899-2046; the New England Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-New England Records Center, 90 
Canal Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12112 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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