[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39867-39868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13025]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 12, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
settlement Stipulation with Remington Arms Distribution Company, LLC 
(``Remington Arms''), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the

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Northern District of Alabama in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case 
captioned In re Remington Outdoor Company, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-
81688-CRJ11.
    In January 2021, the United States filed a Proof of Claim in this 
bankruptcy case alleging that Remington Arms is liable, along with 
others, for reimbursement of past and future costs of responses actions 
addressing environmental contamination at the Chemetco Superfund Site 
in Madison County, Illinois (the ``Chemetco Site'') under section 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607. The Proof of Claim seeks reimbursement 
of: (i) more than $3.7 million in unreimbursed past response costs that 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') has incurred in 
connection with the Chemetco Site; and (ii) an estimated $18 million to 
$45 million in costs of necessary future response work at the Chemetco 
Site.
    The proposed settlement Stipulation that the United States has 
lodged in the bankruptcy case would resolve the EPA Proof of Claim on 
agreed terms and conditions. If approved by the bankruptcy court, it 
would grant EPA a $1.275 million allowed general unsecured claim 
against Remington Arms that would be paid in accordance with the Court-
approved Joint Chapter 11 Plan of the Debtors. As specified by the 
Stipulation, EPA will deposit any cash distributions it receives on 
account of the allowed claim into a special account established by EPA 
for the Chemetco Site within the Hazardous Substance Superfund, to be 
retained and used to conduct or finance response actions at or in 
connection with the Chemetco Site, or to be transferred to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed settlement Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, and should refer to In re Remington Outdoor Company, Inc., et 
al., DJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4516/3. All comments must be submitted no 
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
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 email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed settlement 
Stipulation may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
    We will provide a paper copy of the proposed settlement Stipulation 
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 $2.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Patricia A. McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13025 Filed 6-16-23; 8:45 am]
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