[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41014-41015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17263]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Order and Stipulation Among Certain Debtors, 
United States of America, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, City of Chicago 
and Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty and Surety 
Company With Respect to Environmental Claims Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Air 
Act, the Clean Water Act and Other Authorities

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 1, 2003, a proposed Order and 
Stipulation among certain debtors, United States of America, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, City of Chicago and Travelers Indemnity 
Company and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company with Respect to 
Environmental Claims (the Order and Stipulation) in In re: LTV Steel, 
Inc. (LTV Steel Bankruptcy), Case No. 00-43866 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio), was 
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 
District of Ohio.
    The United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the States of 
Indiana and Ohio and the City of Chicago (collectively, the 
Governments) jointly asserted claims against LTV Steel under federal 
and state environmental laws, including claims by the United States in 
connection with the J&L Landfill in Rochester Hills, Michigan, the 
Abbey Street/Hickory Woods Subdivision Site in Buffalo, New York; the 
Grant Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal Riparian Site; and the 
Breslube-Penn Site in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Pursuant to the 
Order and Stipulation, LTV Steel will seek approval from the Bankruptcy 
Court of its entry into a settlement pursuant to which the Governments 
will receive $14,146,253 from LTV Steel, plus all insurance proceeds, 
including an additional $15.4 million from one group of insurers and 
the assignments of certain proceeds to which the Debtors would be 
entitled as a result of settlement discussions with/

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and or coverage litigation against other insurance carriers.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Order 
and Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Post Office Box 
7611, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to the LTV Steel Bankruptcy, D.J. Ref. Numbers 90-11-
3-160/1 & 90-11-3-160/2.
    The Order and Stipulation may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, United States 
Courthouse, 801 West Superior Avenue--Suite 400, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, 
and at the office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
in Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007 (call George 
Shanahan at 212-637-3171 to arrange to examine the Order and 
Stipulation); Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19103 (call Harry Steinmetz at 215-814-3161 to arrange to examine the 
Order and Stipulation); and Region V, Records Center, 7th Floor, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604 (M-F, between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 
CST). During the public comment period, the Order and Stipulation may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Order and 
Stipulation may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, Post Office 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 payable to the United States Treasury 
in the amount of either $37.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
for the Order and Stipulation and all Exhibits or $10.25 for the Order 
and Stipulation only.

Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-17263 Filed 7-8-03; 8:45 am]
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