[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8619]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement 
Regarding Natural Resource Damage Claims Between the Debtors, the 
United States of America, the State of Indiana, the State of New York, 
and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

    Notice is hereby given that on March 31, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree and Settlement Agreement (the ``NRD Settlement Agreement'') in 
the bankruptcy matter, Motors Liquidation Corp, 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 NRD 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; the State of Indiana; the 
State of New York; and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. The NRD Settlement 
Agreement resolves claims for natural resource damages and assessment 
costs of the United States Department of the Interior (``DOI'') and 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (``NOAA''), the State 
of Indiana, the State of New York, and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 
against Old GM under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-
9675, with respect to the following sites:
    1. The Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund Site in New Jersey;
    2. The National Lead Industries Superfund Site in New Jersey;
    3. The Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey;
    4. The General Motors Bedford Site in Indiana; and
    5. The Central Foundry Division a/k/a Massena Superfund Site in New 
York.
    Under the NRD Settlement Agreement, the claimants will have allowed 
general unsecured claims in the combined total amount of $11,571,413, 
in specified sub-amounts as to each site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the NRD 
Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] 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.
    The NRD Settlement Agreement may be examined at the following 
locations: Office of the United States Attorney, 86 Chambers Street, 
3rd Floor, New York, New York 10007; Environmental Contaminants/Federal 
Activities, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, 
New York 13045; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 620 S. Walker St., 
Bloomington, Indiana 47403; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 290 Broadway, Suite 1831, New York, NY 10007. During 
the public comment period, the NRD 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 NRD 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 
([email protected]), 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 $7.00 (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. 2011-8619 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]
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