[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32371-32372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13045]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement in in re Philip 
Services Corporation Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on May 28, 2004, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of Texas in In re Philip Services Corporation, et 
al., Case No. 03-37718-H2-11. The Settlement Agreement between the 
United States on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') and Debtor Philip Services Corporation and its affiliated 
Debtors resolves CERCLA claims against the Debtors for the following 
six hazardous waste sites: Consolidated Iron Site in Newburgh, NY; 
Breslube-Penn Site in Corapolis, PA; Spectron Site in Elkton, MD; 
Modena Yard Site in Chester County, PA; Malone Services Site in Texas 
City, TX; and Casmalia Site in Santa Barbara, CA. Under the Settlement 
Agreement, EPA will have an allowed bankruptcy claim in the total 
amount of $16,738,601.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this publication. 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 Philip Services Corporation, et al., DJ Ref. No. 90-11-
3-06852/1.
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 910 Travis, 
Suite 1500, Houston, Texas by request to Assistant U.S. Attorney Judy 
A. Robbins, 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 of the Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail

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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 $3.50 
(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. 04-13045 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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