[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 129-130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-33083]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as Amended

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement, with 
respect to a Proof of Claim filed by the United States in In re Irving 
Tanning Co., Case No. 01-10586 (Bankr. D. Me.), was lodged on December 
17, 2002, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Maine. The proposed Settlement Agreement resolves claims of the United 
States against Irving Tanning Company (``Irving'') at the Peter Cooper 
Landfill Site located in the Village of Gowanda, New York and at the 
Peter Cooper (Markhams) Site located in Dayton, New York, under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Settlement Agreement includes 
a covenant not to sue by the United States under sections 106 and 107 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.
    Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, the Proof of Claim filed 
by the United States on March 15, 2002, will be treated as an allowed 
unsecured claim in the amount of $140,000. The Settlement Agreement 
provides that this allowed claim will be paid in accordance with the 
treatment of Class 7 claims pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization 
approved by the Bankruptcy Court on August 13, 2002. The amount of the 
dividend to be paid with respect to this allowed claim will depend upon 
the total amount of allowed unsecured claims and the total amount of 
money available to the unsecured creditors.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of up to 
thirty days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement. Any comments

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should be addressed to Donald G. Frankel, Trial Attorney, Environmental 
Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, One Gateway Center, Suite 616, Newton, 
Massachusetts 02458 and should refer to In re Irving Tanning Co., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-06887/3.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at EPA Region 2, 
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866 (contact George Shanahan, 212-
637-3171). 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 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-
1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$2.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-33083 Filed 12-31-02; 8:45 am]
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