Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of

1980 as Amended

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 C.F.R.

Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement

in In re Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, (Bankr.

E.D. Mo.) was lodged on November 3, 1994, with the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The agreement

resolves claims of the United States against Debtor Valley Steel

Products Company, Inc. (``Valley Steel'') in the above-referenced

bankruptcy under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') for contamination at the

Sinclair Refinery Superfund Site in Wellsville, New York (the

``Site''). In the proposed settlement agreement Valley Steel agrees to

give the United States an allowed general unsecured pre-petition claim

of $240,000 in settlement of the United States' claims for response

costs incurred and to be incurred by the Environmental Protection

Agency at the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to In re

Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., No. 92-40778-293, DOJ Ref. #90-11-

2-298B.

The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri,

63101; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26

Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278; and the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202)

624-0892. A copy of the proposed settlement agreement may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please

refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $2.75

(25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-29035 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]

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