[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 52 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5229]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 11, 2008 a proposed settlement 
agreement in In re W.R. Grace & Co., Case No. 01-01139 (JFK), was 
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Delaware. The proposed Settlement Agreement would resolve the United 
States' proofs of claim filed in W.R. Grace & Co.'s bankruptcy 
proceeding for environmental response costs at the Libby Asbestos Site 
in Montana pursuant to section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, W.R. Grace & Co. will, 
among other things, pay the United States $250 million within 30 days 
of Bankruptcy Court approval of the settlement.
    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 for the 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 W.R. Grace & Co., Case No. 01-
01139 (JFK), and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-07106/5.
    During the public comment period, the settlement agreement may 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 $11.00 ($.25 per page) 
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.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-5229 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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