[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 7180] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-3592] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Filing of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act (``CERCLA'') In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In re R.C. Dick Geothermal Corporation, Chap. 7, Bankr. No. 92-1-1293, and In re R.C. Dick Geothermal L.P., Chap. 7, Bankr. No. 92-1-1294, (Substantively Consolidated) (referred to herein collectively as ``R.C. Dick'') was filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California on January 23, 1998. This Settlement Agreement resolves an Administrative Expense claim filed by the United States against R.C. Dick, pursuant to Section 107(a), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). The settling debtors were the owners/operators of a facility located on 1,100 acres in a remote location in Northern Sonoma and Southern Mendocino Counties (the ``Site'') at the time of disposal of hazardous substances. The Settlement Agreement provides that the Trustee, on behalf of the debtor's estate, will pay 50% of any funds remaining in the bankruptcy estate, after the payment of the Trustee's fees and expenses and any other professional fees approved by the Court, to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for response costs incurred by the United States at the Site. In addition, the United States may perfect a lien against the real property owned by the debtor for any unpaid costs incurred with respect to 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 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 R.C. Dick Geothermal Corporation, DOJ #90-11-2-1298. The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of the Region IX office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; 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 $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 98-3592 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M