[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9291]


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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 April 10, 2012 a proposed 
Stipulation and Settlement Agreement was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in In re W.R. Grace & 
Co., Case No. 01-01139 (JFK). The proposed Settlement Agreement would 
resolve the United States' claim in W.R. Grace & Co.'s bankruptcy 
proceeding for environmental response costs at the Big Tex Site in San 
Antonio, Texas, pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 
U.S.C. 9607. Under the terms of the proposed Settlement Agreement, W.R. 
Grace & Co. will grant the United States an Allowed General Unsecured 
Claim of $2,200,000 to resolve the Big Tex Site CERCLA claim.
    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 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 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 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 $3.50 ($.25 
per page) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, 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. 2012-9291 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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