[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16214]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice Relating to Public Comment Period on Environmental 
Settlement in In Re Fruit of the Loom, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given of an extension of the period for public 
comment with respect to the St. Louis Facility, Breckenridge Facility, 
and Hollywood Dump Facility under the proposed settlement entered into 
by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA, Department of Interior, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of 
Commerce, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the States of 
Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and Tennessee, Debtors Fruit of the 
Loom, Inc. and NWI Land Management Corp., and Velsicol Chemical 
Corporation and True Specialty Corporation, which was filed on April 
17, 2002 in In re Fruit of the loom, Inc., No. 99-4497 (PJW) with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The public 
comment period has been extended until July 9, 2002 but only with 
respect to comments relating to the St. Louis Facility in St. Louis, 
Michigan; the Breckenridge Facility in St. Louis/Breckenridge, 
Michigan; and the Hollywood Dump Facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The 
proposed settlement would, inter alia, resolve certain claims of the 
Governmental Parties against the settling parties under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq., Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, and the Atomic Energy Act, 42 
U.S.C. Secs. 2011 et seq., relating to those Facilities. Under the 
settlement, inter alia, the following will be dedicated to fund 
response action or costs and natural resource damage assessment or 
restoration at certain Facilities: (1) $4,292,808 to be paid in full as 
an Allowed Administrative Expense; (2) certain proceeds from general 
liability insurance claims; (3) certain future recoveries from 
preferred shares of stock in True Specialty Corporation; and (4) 
certain proceeds from Fruit of the Loom's and Velsicol's ``cost cap'' 
and pollution legal liability insurance policies.
    The United States published notice of the lodging of the Settlement 
Agreement in the Federal Register on May 2, 2002. 67 Fed. Reg. 22108 
(2002). In response to requests for an extension of the public comment 
period, the United States has elected to extend the comment period with 
respect to these three Facilities and to accept public comments 
received no later than July 9, 2002. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to In re Fruit of the Loom, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-07096. Copies of the proposed settlements 
may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the 
District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite 1100, Wilmington, DE, 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York, the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia, and the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois. 
Copies of the proposed settlements may also be obtained by request 
addressed to the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy 
of the proposed settlements, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$24.75 for (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the 
United States Treasurer.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16214 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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