82 FR 56269 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Stipulation and Order Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56269-56270]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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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