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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed settlement agreement In re AM

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

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

was lodged on May 13, 1996 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for

the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. 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. Secs. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be incurred

by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Fisher

Calo Chemical Superfund Site near LaPorte, Indiana (``Site'').

The proposed settlement agreement embodies an agreement with AM

International Inc. (``AM''): (1) to pay $43,384 to the Hazardous

Substances Superfund for partial reimbursement of EPA's past and future

response costs at the Site; and (2) to pay $1,800 to the U.S.

Department of the Interior (``DOI'') to resolve potential claims for

natural resources damages in connection with the Site.

The proposed settlement agreement also provides AM with releases

for civil liability under Section 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9606 and 9607(a), and Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, for EPA's past and future

response cost and for natural 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 Environmental 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. In addition,

pursuant to Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), any member of

the public who desires a public meeting in the area affected by the

proposed settlement agreement in order to discuss the proposed

settlement agreement prior to its final entry by the court may request

that such a meeting be held. Any such request for a public meeting

should be submitted within fifteen (15) days from the date of this

publication and sent to the same address and bear the same reference as

indicated above for submission of comments.

The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Dirkson

Building, Room 1200, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois

60604; the Region V Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, Attn: Andrew

Warren; 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 $2.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-12983 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]

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