[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28500]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Filing of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and the United States Bankruptcy Code

    On November 21, 2013, the Trustees for the bankruptcy estates of 
Port Arthur Chemical & Environmental Services, LLC (``PACES'') and CES 
Environmental Services, Inc. (``CES'') filed a proposed Settlement 
Agreement with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern 
District of Texas in the matters entitled In re: CES Environmental 
Services, Inc., Case No. 10-36924-H4-7 and In re: Port Arthur Chemical 
& Environmental Services, LLC, Case No. 10-36978-H4-7.
    The United States is seeking recovery of response cost incurred as 
part of an emergency removal action conducted on a site owned by the 
PACES estate in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas at 2420 South 
Gulfway Drive under CERCLA Section 107(a) and Section 503 of the 
Bankruptcy Code. The United States' incurred a total of approximately 
$1.875 million in response costs. The Settlement Agreement provides 
that the United States will recover $1.4 million on a sale of certain 
real property owned by the estate for $3.75. Should the property sell 
for more than $3.75 million, the United States will recover a 
proportion of sale proceeds above that amount until the United States 
recovers a total of $1.875 million.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to In re Port Arthur Chemical & Environmental Services, 
LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10667/1. All comments must be submitted no 
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                     DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                     Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A paper copy of the Consent 
Decree will be provided upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $17.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-28500 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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