Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement

Notice is hereby given that on February 2, 1998, a proposed

Settlement

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Agreement in In re: McLouth Steel Products Corporation, was lodged with

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

This Settlement Agreement resolves the United States' proof of claim

filed against McLouth Steel Products Corporation (``McLouth Steel''),

for its liabilities pursuant to several environmental statutes, and

regulations enacted pursuant thereto, including the Clean Water Act

(CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7401

et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 et

seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901

et seq., and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. McLouth Steel owned

and operated two steel manufacturing and processing plants that are

located in the cities of Trenton and Gibraltar in Wayne County,

Michigan.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, McLouth Steel consents and

stipulates to U.S. EPA having allowed general unsecured claims in the

following amounts: CWA--$1,124,000, CAA--$45,303, TSCA--$183,000. In

the Agreement, McLouth Steel also stipulates to reserving an amount for

U.S. EPA's RCRA and CERCLA claims filed against McLouth Steel pending

the completion of certain response actions currently underway at

McLouth Steel's facility. The amount of the reserve will be based on an

allowed administrative expense claim of $2.8 million and an allowed

general unsecured claim of $2.8 million.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the

Settlement Agreement. 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 in In

re: McLouth Steel Products Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4144A.

Commenters may request an opportunity for public meeting in the

affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.

6973(d).

The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, District of Michigan, 211 West Fort Street,

Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226-3211, at the Region V Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois, 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 Aereement 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 copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$26.75 (25 cents per page production cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-4131 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]

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