[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 9320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3884]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement in United States 
v. American Allied Additives, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 1:00CV1014, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Ohio, on December 6, 2001. The United States brought this action 
against 13 defendants including the Gibson-Homans Company pursuant to 
Sections 106 and 107 the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for 
inter alia,  payment of past costs incurrred, and future costs to be 
incurred, by the United States at the American Allied Additives 
Superfund Site in Cleveland, Ohio. Gibson-Homans filed a petition for 
reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 
11 U.S.C. 101, et seq., as amended in In Re: The Gibson-Homans Company, 
Case No. 00-50369, (Bankr. N.D. Ohio). The settlement agreements 
permits the United States' claim to be allowed as a pre-petition 
general unsecured claim in the amount of $24,050 against the Defendant, 
the Gibson-Homans Company, by the Bankruptcy Court thereby settling the 
United States' claims against the defendant.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments related to the proposed 
settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. American Allied 
Additives, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:00CV1014; D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-1318.
    The settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio 44114, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region V, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of 
the settlement agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$2.00 (8 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost). When requesting 
a copy, please refer to United States v. American Allied Additives, 
Inc., et al.,  Civil Action No. 00-01014; D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1318.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-3884 Filed 2-27-02; 8:45 am]
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