[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53393-53394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23074]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 22, 2003, 
a proposed settlement agreement In The Matter of Stoody Company, 
Debtor, Chapter 11, No. 01-52847-399, was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
    The United States' claims in this action arise under Sections 106 
and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and Section 7003 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973, for releases and threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at the Puente Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley 
Superfund Site, Area 4, Los Angeles County, California, that may 
present an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or 
welfare or the environment.
    The settlement agreement resolves Debtor Stoody Company's liability 
for past costs, future costs, and work associated with the remedial 
action required for the Site set forth in the Environmental Protection 
Agency's 1998 Interim Record of Decision.

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    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decree. 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 The Matter of Stoody Company, Debtor, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-354/9. 
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 U.S. 
Attorney, Civil Division, 111 South 10th Street, 18th Floor, St. Louis, 
Missouri or at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. During the public comment 
period the settlement agreement also may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the settlement agreement may 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 $3.00 
(12 pages @ 25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-23074 Filed 9-9-03; 8:45 am]
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