[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3269]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that the United States, on behalf of the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, in In re H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Bankruptcy Action No. 
91-468-WWB (PGH), on January 16, 2001. This Settlement Agreement 
resolves the claims of the United States against H.K. Porter Company, 
Inc. (``H.K. Porter''), pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, 
et. seq.. The Settlement Agreement concerns H.K. Porter's ownership and 
operation of the Southern Asbestos site located at 426 Salem Road, 
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina (the ``Site'').
    The Settlement Agreement provides that pursuant to the Fourth 
Amended Creditors Committee Plan of Reorganization, H.K. Porter will 
pay $215,071 as a Class VII unsecured claim to the United States in 
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States at the 
Site. The Settlement Agreement further provides that the United States 
covenants not to bring a civil action or take administrative action 
against H.K. Porter pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, or the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, relating 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 Consent Decree. 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 H.K. Porter Company, Inc. DOJ #90-11-3-07062.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States 
Trustees Office, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1000 Liberty Avenue, 
Room 319, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree 
may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the reference number given above and enclose a check in 
the amount of $1.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3269 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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