Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Department policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In re AM

International, Inc., et al., Case No. 82-B-04922 (Bktcy. N.D. III.) and

In re AM International, Inc., et al., Case No. 93-582 (Bktcy. Del.),

was lodged on April 29, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court

for the District of Delaware. The proofs of claim in these actions seek

to recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,

response costs incurred and to be incurred by U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Solvents Recovery Service of New

England, Inc. Superfund Site located in the Town of Southington,

Connecticut (``Site'').

The proposed Settlement Agreement embodies as agreement with AM

International, Inc. to reimburse EPA for a portion of its past and

future response costs at the Site. Of the $450,555 generated by the

settlement, $157,694 will be paid to the Hazardous Substances Superfund

for reimbursement of EPA's past response costs at the Site, and

$292,861 will be deposited into a trust account to be used for the

partial funding of future remedial actions at the Site. The proposed

Settlement Agreement also provides for AM International, Inc. to pay

the U.S. Department of the Interior (``DOI'') $10,000 to resolve

potential claims for damages to natural resources under the trusteeship

of DOI.

The proposed Settlement Agreement also provides AM International,

Inc. with a release for civil liability for EPA's past and future

CERCLA response costs and natural resource damages at the Site for

resources under the trusteeship of the Secretary of the Interior and

the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration.

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

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

proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to In re AM

International, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-23D.

The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, Chemical Bank Plaza, 1201 Market Street,

Suite 1100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899-2046; the New England Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-New England Records Center, 90

Canal Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth 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, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the

amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

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