[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 150 (Thursday, August 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 47239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19732]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and Chapter 11 
of the United States Bankruptcy Code

    Notice is hereby given that on July 28, 2011, a proposed Settlement 
Agreement (``Agreement'') in In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, et 
al., Case No. 09-11204 (SR), was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The 
Agreement was entered into by the United States, on behalf of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and 
Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC and certain of its affiliates (the 
``Debtors''). The Agreement relates to liabilities of the Debtors under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA''), at the Swope Oil 
Superfund Site located in Pennshauken, New Jersey (the ``Swope Oil 
Site'').
    The Agreement provides that EPA will have an allowed Class 5D 
General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $652,440 under the Fifth 
Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan with respect to the Swope Oil Site. Under 
the Agreement, EPA has agreed not to bring a civil action or take 
administrative action against the Debtors pursuant to Sections 106 and 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and Section 7003 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, 
relating to the Swope Oil Site.
    For a period of 30 days from the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Agreement. 
To be considered, comments must be received by the Department of 
Justice by the date that is 30 days from the date of this publication. 
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, and should refer to In re 
Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, et al., Case No. 09-11204 (SR) (Bankr. 
E.D. Pa.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09822. A copy of the comments should 
be sent to Donald G. Frankel, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, One Gateway Center, Suite 616, 
Newton, MA 02458 or e-mailed to [email protected].
    The Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 
1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (contact Virginia Powell at 215-861-8200). 
During the public comment period, the 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 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 of the Agreement from the Consent Decree Library, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury (if the request is by 
fax or e-mail, forward a check to the Consent Decree library at the 
address stated above). Commenters may request an opportunity for a 
public meeting, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d).

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-19732 Filed 8-3-11; 8:45 am]
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