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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** November 25, 1994

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4410-01-M

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