[Federal Register: February 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 33)]
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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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