[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49952-49953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19385]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on July 11, 2002, a proposed settlement 
agreement in In re: Metal Management, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-4303, 
was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Delaware.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of (1) past and 
future response costs under CERCLA at the Consolidated Iron & Metal 
Superfund Site in Newburgh, New York, at which Metal Management 
Connecticut, Inc. and Metal Management Northeast, Inc. allegedly 
arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances; and (2) past and 
future response costs and injunctive relief under CERCLA at the Jack's 
Creek Superfund Site in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, at which Metal 
Management Connecticut, Inc. and Metal Management Pittsburgh, Inc. 
allegedly disposed of hazardous substances.
    Pursuant to the proposed settlement agreement, Metal Management 
will consent to an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in the amount of 
$397,000 with regard to the Consolidated Iron & Metal Superfund Site. 
The liability of Metal Management Connecticut, Inc.'s predecessor in 
interest relating to the Jack's Creek Superfund Site has been resolved 
in a separate settlement in United States v. American Scrap Co., Civil 
Action No. 1:99-CV-2047 (M.D. Penn.). The injunctive relief sought 
against Metal Management Pittsburgh, Inc. is now moot due to the 
separate settlement between Metal Management and the Jack's Creek PRP 
Group in the bankruptcy action.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
settlement agreement. Comment should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to In re: Metal Management, Inc., et al. (Bankr. D. Del.), D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-2-1-07207/1.
    The settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1201 Market Street, Suite 1100, Wilmington, 
Delaware, and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York. 
A copy of the settlement agreement may also be

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obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-19385 Filed 7-31-02; 8:45 am]
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