[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 2238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00742]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Filing of Proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement 
Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    On January 12, 2016, a proposed Stipulation and Settlement 
Agreement establishing an Environmental Response Trust for the 
Gulfport, Mississippi Facility (``Gulfport Settlement Agreement'') was 
filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Delaware in the bankruptcy proceeding entitled In re Reichhold Holdings 
US, Inc., No. 14-12237-MFW (Bankr. D. Del.).
    Under the proposed Gulfport Settlement Agreement, an Environmental 
Response Trust will be created to take title to certain property owned 
by Reichhold Inc., located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Environmental 
Response Trust will perform certain environmental actions with respect 
to the property. The Environmental Response Trust will receive the 
proceeds of a letter of credit in the approximate amount of $3.5 
million and $750,000 provided by the Debtor. The Gulfport Settlement 
Agreement includes covenants not to sue under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Gulfport Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to In re Reichhold Holdings US, Inc.,--Gulfport 
Environmental Response Trust--D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-11196. All comments 
must be submitted so that they are received no later than midnight 
(Eastern Time) January 29, 2016. Comments may be submitted either by 
email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a commenter may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area.
    During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Settlement Agreement--Gulfport upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $15.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-00742 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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