[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14930]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Compromise and Settlement Agreement Pursuant 
to the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122(i)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(i)(2), notice is hereby given 
that a proposed Compromise and Settlement Agreement (``Settlement 
Agreement'') in In re Wesley Industries, Inc., B.R. No. 90-10338, (S.D. 
Ala.), was lodged on April 16, 1997 with the United States Bankruptcy 
Court for the Southern District of Alabama. This Settlement Agreement 
resolves a cost recovery action brought by the United States against 
the settling defendant pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9607. The settling defendant is the past operator of the Chem-4 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Demopolis, Alabama. The Settlement 
Agreement grants the United States an allowable administrative expense 
claim of $50,000 and an allowable unsecured claim of $700,215.10 
against the settling defendant's bankruptcy estate.
    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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to In re Wesley Industries, Inc., DOJ #90-11-3-1672.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, 169 Dauphin Street, Suite 200, Mobile, Al 
36602; the Region 4 office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 
Forsythe Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 for the reproduction 
costs. If you want a copy of the Settlement Agreement, then the amount 
of the check should be $3.00 (12 pages at 25 cents per page). The check 
should be made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14930 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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