[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59772-59773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20538]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to Section 122(d) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 26, 2005, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement with Mossberg Industries, Inc. (``Mossberg'') was 
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 
District of Indiana in Mossberg's bankruptcy case, In re: Mossberg 
Industries, Inc., No. 03-12993.
    Mossberg is a potentially responsible party at the Second Operable 
Unit at the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site located in Cumberland 
and Lincoln, Rhode Island (``Peterson/Puritan OU2''), a landfill that 
operated from the 1950's to the 1980's. The Settlement Agreement 
provides that the United States will have an allowed general unsecured 
claim in the amount of $768,000 in connection with Peterson/Puritan 
OU2. The United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, has provided Mossberg with a covenant not to sue, pursuant to 
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, with respect 
to Peterson/Puritan OU2.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to 
the proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the

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Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Post Office Box 7611, United States Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC 20044-7611, and should refer to In re Mossberg Industries, Inc., DOJ 
Ref.  90-11-3-1233/4. A copy of the comments should be sent to 
Donald G. Frankel, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Suite 616, 
One Gateway Center, Newton, MA, 02458.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 5400 
Federal Plaza, Suite 1500, Hammond, Indiana 46320 (contact Wayne Ault), 
and at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 1 
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114-2023 (contact 
Michelle Lauterback). 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 from the Consent Decree Library, 
Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood at [email protected] or 
fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy of the Settlement Agreement from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs) payable to the United States Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 05-20538 Filed 10-12-05; 8:45 am]
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