[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 66 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18562-18563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6954]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 31, 2008, a 
proposed Settlement Agreement in the matter of 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 is between the United States and 
the purchasers of the Debtor's manufacturing facility in Elmwood Park, 
New Jersey. The purchasers are Marcal Paper Mills, LLC and Marcal 
Manufacturing, LLC (``Purchasers''). The proposed Settlement Agreement 
will resolve certain matters related to the potential liability of the 
Purchasers under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. Pursuant to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement, the Purchasers will undertake steps to 
remediate environmental contamination at the facility and will pay 
$1,500,000 to the United States.
    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 emailed 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

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Marcal Paper Mills, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-07683/5.
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007. 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 number (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 $5.75 
(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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-6954 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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