[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5569-5570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2471]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Clean Air 
Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 30, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree and Settlement Agreement (the ``Non-Owned Site Settlement 
Agreement'') in the bankruptcy matter, Motors Liquidation Corp, et al., 
f/k/a General Motors Corp., et al., Jointly Administered Case No. 09-
50026 (REG), was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of New York. The Parties to the Non-Owned Site 
Settlement Agreement are the estates of debtors Motors Liquidation 
Corporation, formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Remediation 
and Liability Management Company, Inc., and Environmental Corporate 
Remediation Company, Inc. (collectively, the ``Debtors' Estates''), the 
Motors Liquidation General Unsecured Creditors Trust (collectively with 
the Debtors' Estates, ``Old GM''), and the United States of America. 
The Settlement Agreement resolves claims and causes of action of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against Old GM under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, with respect to the following sites:
    1. The Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey (the ``Diamond 
Alkali Site'');
    2. The Kane & Lombard Street Drum Superfund Site in Maryland (the 
``Kane & Lombard Site''); and
    3. The Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site in Missouri 
(the ``Hayford Bridge Site'').
    Under the Non-Owned Site Settlement Agreement, EPA will receive an 
allowed general unsecured claim of $19,500,000 for the Diamond Alkali 
Site and an allowed general unsecured claim of $1,402,000 for the 
Hayford Bridge Site. EPA will also receive work up to the amount of 
$448,000 in accordance with bond requirements at the Hayford Bridge 
Site, and work up to the amount of $2,448,334 in accordance with bond 
requirements at the Kane & Lombard Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the Non-
Owned Site Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and

[[Page 5570]]

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 Motors 
Liquidation Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09754.
    The Non-Owned Site Settlement Agreement may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, 86 Chambers Street, 3rd Floor, 
New York, New York 10007, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20460. During the public comment period, the Non-Owned Site 
Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following Department 
of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 
Copies of the Non-Owned Site 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 emailing a 
request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' ([email protected]), fax no. 
(202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting 
a copy from the Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, please forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-2471 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P