[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56269-56270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25636]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Stipulation and Order Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
On November 20, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Stipulation and Order with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York in the bankruptcy proceedings entitled In
re
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Hawker Beechcraft, Inc., et al., No. 12-11873 (SMB) (lead case).
The United States filed a proof of claim in the Chapter 11
bankruptcy case of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, seeking, inter alia,
the recovery of past costs under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675
(``CERCLA''), incurred by the United States responding to contamination
at the Tri-County Public Airport site (``TCPA Site'') in Morris County,
Kansas. Under the proposed Stipulation and Order, Hawker Beechcraft
Corporation and related and successor entities (the ``Hawker Parties'')
agree that the United States will have an allowed general unsecured
claim of $738,336.62 for response costs incurred prior to the petition
date, to be paid at the rate provided in the confirmed Chapter 11 plan
of reorganization, and further agree that any claim for costs incurred
on or after the petition date at the TCPA Site and three other Kansas
sites (the Raytheon Aircraft Company Main Facility in Wichita, Kansas;
Hangar 1 at Newton City-County Municipal Airport near Newton, Kansas;
and Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Liberal, Kansas) is not
discharged or impaired. Additionally, the Hawker Parties agree that
they will comply with CERCLA administrative orders relating to the TCPA
Site. In return, the United States covenants not to sue the Hawker
Parties under CERCLA for any pre-petition response costs at the four
sites.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Stipulation and Order. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to In re Hawker Beechcraft, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-
3-10751. 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 Stipulation and Order may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Stipulation and Order 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 $6.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-25636 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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