[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19170]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 20, 2005, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in In re Huffy Corp., No. 04-39148 through 04-
39167, was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of Ohio.
    On March 14, 2005, the United States, on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), filed a Proof of Claim under 
Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Recovery Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a), against Debtor Huffy Corporation seeking recovery of $20.6 
million in unrecovered costs previously incurred, plus interest, and 
estimated future oversight costs of $2 million at the Baldwin Park 
Operable Unit (``BPOU'') of the San Gabriel Superfund Site located in 
Los Angeles County, California for remedy that will cost approximately 
$200 million. EPA's Proof of Claim also seeks $2.1 million in 
unrecovered costs previously incurred, plus interest, and estimated 
future costs of $8 million at the Lammers Barrel Superfund Site in 
Beavercreek, Ohio. The Settlement Agreement provides that the United 
States will have an allowed general unsecured claim against the Debtor 
in the amount of $1,050,000 for both sites, and that Huffy Corporation 
will pay the United States $246,000 to resolve the allowed claim from 
the proceeds of certain insurance settlements. The Settlement will be 
contingent upon Court approval of the insurance settlements.
    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 re Huffy Corp., Nos. 04-39148-39167, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07706/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, 200 W. 
Second Street, Room 602, Dayton, Ohio 45402 (contact Assistant United 
States Attorney Dale Ann Goldberg), at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 (contact Assistant Regional Maria 
Gonzalez), and U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 
94105 (contact Senior Attorney Lewis Maldonado, Office of Regional 
Counsel). During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 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 form the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-19170 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M