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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Settlement Agreement

Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act

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

hereby given that a proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement in In

re HBSA Industries, Inc., et al., Case Nos. 91-12864/12866/12868/12869/

12871/12872, was lodged on December 29, 1997 in the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York.

The Stipulation and Settlement Agreement resolves the United

States' claim, pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.

9607, for response costs incurred by EPA at the Chase Interiors, Inc.,

Superfund Site (``the Site'') in Falconer, New York. Under the

Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, the United States will receive

$126,500 in reimbursement of response costs incurred by EPA 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 Stipulation and Settlement Agreement. 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 HBSA Industries, Inc., et al., DOJ

Ref. #90-11-3-1432.

The proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement may be examined

at the office of the United States Attorney, Federal Center, 138

Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York; the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent

decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree

Library. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check made payable to the Consent Decree Library in the

amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment

and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-1239 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]

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