[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5130]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Public Comment Period for Proposed Environmental 
Settlement Agreement

    Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United 
States will receive public comments on a proposed Settlement Agreement 
in In the Matter of Evans Industries, Inc. (``Debtor'')(Case No. 06-
10370), which was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana on September 28, 2007.
    This proposed Settlement Agreement resolves the Distribution 
Trustee's objection to the United States Proof of Claim filed on behalf 
of the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA Claim'') against the 
Debtor. The Proof of Claim asserts, inter alia, a claim, pursuant to 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., that the Debtor arranged for 
the treatment or disposal of hazardous substances that it owned for 
possessed at the Malone Service Company Superfund Site (``Malone 
Site'') located in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, and that the 
Debtor is liable for unreimbursed environmental response costs incurred 
by the United States and for response costs incurred in the future by 
the United States at the Malone Site (``EPA Claim'').
    Under the Settlement Agreement, the EPA Claim shall be deemed 
allowed as a general unsecured claim of the kind specified in 11 U.S.C. 
726(a)(2) in the amount of $1,238,763.80, and the EPA Claim shall be 
paid in the same manner and to the same extent as other general 
unsecured claims without discrimination, in accordance with the terms 
of the Debtor's Plan of Reorganization. Class 16 of the Plan provides 
for the treatment of general unsecured claims in accordance with 
Article XI (Distribution Trust).
    Comments should be addressed to the Acting Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and may be 
submitted to: P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, or via e-mail to [email protected], and should 
refer to In the Matter of Evans Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
08926.
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, Hale Boggs 
Federal Building, 500 Poydras St., Room B-210, New Orleans, Louisiana 
70130. During the public comment period the Evans Settlement Agreement 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usjoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Evans 
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 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $1.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief.
[FR Doc. 07-5130 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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