[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2954]


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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 February 8, 2008, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in In re Troy Mills, Incorporated No. 1:01-bk-
13341, was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Northern District of West Virginia.
    On March 19, 2004, 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 Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a), against the Debtor seeking recovery of $1,100,838 in past 
costs, plus all future costs incurred by EPA in responding to the 
release or threat of release of hazardous substances at the Troy Mills 
Superfund Site (``Site'') in Troy, New Hampshire. The Settlement 
Agreement provides that the United States will have an allowed 
administrative claim against the Debtor in the amount of $14,000,000 
and be allowed to place a lien for this amount on Debtor's property at 
the Site. Additionally, Troy Mills will provide an easement to the 
State of New Hampshire protecting groundwater and the remedy at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
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. In either 
case, the comments should refer to In re Troy Mills, Incorporated No. 
1:01-bk-13341, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-08049.
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia, P.O. Box 
591, Wheeling, WV 26003-0011 and at U.S. EPA Region I, One Congress 
Street, Suite 1100 SES, Boston, MA 02114-2023 (contact Senior 
Enforcement Counsel David Peterson). 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 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 $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-2954 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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