[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33741-33742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14099]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in In Re Owens Corning 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on May 20, 2003, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware in In re Owens Corning, No. 00-03837 (Bankr. D. 
Del.). The Agreement between the United States on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior, and National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, 
and Debtors Owens Corning and certain of its affiliates resolves CERCLA 
claims against the Debtors for the following forty hazardous waste 
sites, denominated as ``Liquidated Sites'' under the Agreement: the 
Amenia Town Landfill site in Amenia, New York; the Bayonne Barrel & 
Drum site in Newark, New Jersey; the Bessie Williams Landfill site in 
Copley, Ohio; the Bohaty Drum site in Medina, Ohio; the Bridgeport 
Rental and Oil Services (BROS) site in Logan Township, New Jersey; the 
Butterworth Landfill site in Grand Rapids, Michigan; the Caldwell 
Systems site in Caldwell County, North Carolina; the Casmalia Disposal 
site in Santa Barbara, California; the Chem-Dyne site in Hamilton, 
Ohio; the Conservation Chemical site in Gary, Indiana; the Distler 
Brickyard and Distler Farm sites in Hardin and Jefferson Counties, 
Kentucky; the Doepke-Holliday site in Johnson County, Kansas; the 
Double Eagle Refinery site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Erie 
Coatings and Chemicals, Inc. site in Erie, Michigan; the Fisher-Calo 
site in LaPorte County, Indiana; the French Limited, Inc. site near 
Crosby, Texas; the Great Lakes Container site in St. Louis, Missouri; 
the Gurley Pit site near Edmonson, Arkansas and the related South 
Eighth Street Landfill site near west Memphis, Arkansas; the Hayford 
Bridge Road site in St. Charles, Missouri; the Lipari Landfill site in 
Mantua Township, New Jersey; the Lowry Landfill site in Arapahoe 
County, Colorado; the Maxey Flats Disposal site in Hillsboro, Kentucky; 
the Memphis Container (Tri-State Drum) site in Memphis, Tennessee; the 
Mercer Drum site in Alexandria, Ohio; the Metro Container Drum site in 
Trainer, Pennsylvania; the Milt Adams/Approved Oil site in Denver, 
Colorado; the Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill site in Monterey 
Park, California; the Osage Metal Co. site in Kansas City, Kansas; 
Operable Unit 1 of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. site in Lincoln and 
Cumberland, Rhode Island; the Petroleum Product site in Pembroke Park, 
Florida; the Rodale Manufacturing site in Emmaus, Pennsylvania; the 
Rouse Steel Drum site in Duvall, Florida; the Seymour Recycling Corp. 
site near Seymour, Indiana; the Sixty-Eighth Street dump in Baltimore 
County, Maryland; the Strausburg Landfill in Newlin Township, 
Pennsylvania; the Tremont City Landfill site (barrel disposal area) in 
German Township, Ohio; the Tulalip Landfill site near Marysville, 
Washington; the Western Processing Company, Inc. site in Kent, 
Washington; the Wheeling Disposal site in Amazonia, Missouri; and the 
Zellwood Drum site in Orange County, Florida.
    Under the Agreement, in addition to amounts previously paid, the 
Debtors have agreed to allowed claims in the total amount of 
$1,749,206. The Agreement also contains provisions pertaining to the 
treatment of three other categories of sites: Debtor-Owned Sites, Work 
and Work Consent Decree Sites, and Additional Sites.
    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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to In re Owens Corning, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-07347. Commenters may 
request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in 
accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market 
Street, Suite 1100, Wilmington, DE, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460. During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy

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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 or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-14099 Filed 6-4-03; 8:45 am]
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