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

Maureen Katz
December 20, 2010

[Federal Register: December 20, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 243)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that on December 14, 2010, a proposed Sioux 
City Site Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement (``Sioux City Site 
Settlement Agreement'') in the bankruptcy matter, Motors Liquidation 
Company, et al., f/k/a General Motors Corp., et al., Jointly 
Administered Case No. 09-50026 (REG), was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Parties to 
the Sioux City Site Settlement Agreement are debtors Motors Liquidation 
Corporation, formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Remediation 
and Liability Management Company, Inc., and Environmental Corporate 
Remediation Company, Inc. (collectively, ``Old GM''); the United States 
of America; and the State of Iowa. The Settlement Agreement resolves 
causes of action of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources against 
Old GM under Iowa Code section 455B.186(1); 567 Iowa Admin. Code 
38.3(1) and 51.6 with respect to the GM AC Rochester Division Site in 
Sioux City, Iowa (the ``Sioux City Site Site'').
    Under the Sioux City Site Settlement Agreement, Old GM will make a 
cash payment of $6,476,634 to EPA for remediation at the Sioux City 
Site Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the Sioux City 
Site Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and either e-mailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to In re Motors Liquidation Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-09754. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting 
in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Sioux City Site Settlement Agreement may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, 86 Chambers Street, 3rd Floor, 
New York, New York 10007, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20460. During the public comment period, the Sioux City Site 
Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following Department 
of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 
Copies of the Sioux City Site Settlement Agreement may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood

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(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
or fax, please forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-31866 Filed 12-17-10; 8:45 am]
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