[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54217-54218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26610]


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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 Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In re Goodell, No. 
94-34248 (Bankr. W.D. Wash.), was lodged on September 25, 1996, with 
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of 
Washington. The Settlement Agreement resolves a general unsecured claim 
filed by the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in the Goodell bankruptcy pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.. Under the Settlement 
agreement, Land Sea Air Leasing Corporation (``LSA'') will

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withdraw its objection to EPA's claim, and EPA will receive $70,000 for 
its claim.
    The United States entered into the Settlement Agreement in 
connection with a Prospective Purchaser Agreement between EPA and Way 
Conn Properties, Inc. (``Way Conn''), an LSA affiliate. The Prospective 
Purchaser Agreement provides that Way Conn will remove all remaining 
contaminated soil from the property and pay EPA $200,000 subject to a 
$50,000 credit for every dollar Way Conn expends above $50,000 in soil 
removal and disposal for a maximum credit of $50,000. The 2.5 acre 
parcel of property subject to the Prospective Purchaser Agreement is 
the primary asset of the bankruptcy estate, and is located at the head 
of the Hylabos Waterway in the Commencement Bay/Near Shore Tideflats 
Superfund Site in Tacoma, Washington.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fifteen 
(15) 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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to In re Goodell, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1125.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 
98104; the Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98105; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $2.25 (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. 96-26610 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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