[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 153 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 44858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3865]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 2007, a proposed settlement 
agreement in In re Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. Case No. 06-21886(MS), was 
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
    The proposed settlement agreement resolves claims asserted by the 
United States, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), the United States Department of Interior (``DOI''), 
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United 
States Department of Commerce (``NOAA''), against the debtor Marcal 
Paper Mills, Inc., under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 USC 9601 et seq. The 
claims were contained in a Proof of Claim filed with the Court on June 
14, 2007 and sought to recover response costs incurred and to be 
incurred and natural resource damages at the Diamond Alkali Superfund 
Site in New Jersey. The proposed settlement agreement stipulates that 
the United States' unsecured claim shall be treated as an allowed claim 
in the amount of $3,000,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to In re Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07683/
5.
    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/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
Settlement Agreement 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 
no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' or, if by e-
mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Ronald G. Gluck
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 07-3865 Filed 8-8-07; 8:45 am]
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