Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR

50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Settlement Agreement in In

re: United States Brass Corporation, Case No. 94-40823S (Bankr. E.D.

Tex.), was lodged on January 8, 1999, with the United States Bankruptcy

Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The United States filed a

proof of claim in this Chapter 11 bankruptcy relating to hazardous

substances disposed by the debtor at the Operating Industries, Inc.

landfill Superfund site in Monterey Park, California.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, U.S. Brass will pay $625,000

to the United States to resolve the United States' claim, and to

resolve U.S. Brass's liability, with specified reservations of rights,

for the Operating Industries site.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Settlement Agreement for a period of thirty days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. All comments should refer

to In re: United States Brass Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-156G.

The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of

the United States Attorney, 110 N. College, Suite 700, Tyler, Texas

75702, and at

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the Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. A copy of this

proposed Settlement Agreement may also be examined at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202)

624-0892. A copy of the proposed Settlement Agreement may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 for a copy of the

Settlement Agreement (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to

``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross, Chief,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 99-4147 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]

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