Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In

re Shenango Inc., et al., Case No. 92-25379/JLC (W.D. Pa.), entered

into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA, the State of Ohio, and

debtors Shenango Inc., Shenango Group, Inc., and The Hockensmith

Corporation was lodged on March 16, 1994 with the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The proposed

Settlement Agreement resolves certain claims of the United States and

the State of Ohio under the Comprehensive Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. and state law

relating to the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill Site in Belmont County,

Ohio, and certain claims of the United States for pre-petition

penalties under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq., and

the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Under the Settlement

Agreement, inter alia, the U.S. EPA will have an allowed general

unsecured claim of $1,252,846.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed [[Page 16504]] Settlement Agreement for 30 days following the

publication of this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to In re Shenango Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-3-1099D. The

proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 633

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; the Region V

Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West

Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page for

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment

and Natural Resources Division.

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