[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8403-8404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4147]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In 
re: United States Brass Corporation, Case No. 94-40823S (Bankr. E.D. 
Tex.), was lodged on January 8, 1999, with the United States Bankruptcy 
Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The United States filed a 
proof of claim in this Chapter 11 bankruptcy relating to hazardous 
substances disposed by the debtor at the Operating Industries, Inc. 
landfill Superfund site in Monterey Park, California.
    Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, U.S. Brass will pay $625,000 
to the United States to resolve the United States' claim, and to 
resolve U.S. Brass's liability, with specified reservations of rights, 
for the Operating Industries site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement for a period of thirty days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. All comments should refer 
to In re: United States Brass Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-156G.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, 110 N. College, Suite 700, Tyler, Texas 
75702, and at

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the Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. A copy of this 
proposed Settlement Agreement may also be examined at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 3rd 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. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 for a copy of the 
Settlement Agreement (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross, Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 99-4147 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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