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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement
Resolving Cost Recovery and Natural
Resources Damages Claims Under
CERCLA
On April 13, 2021, the Department of
Justice and the Bankruptcy Trustee
lodged a proposed Settlement
Agreement (Settlement Agreement) with
the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Western District of Washington, in
the matter entitled In re TOC Holdings
Co., Case No. 17–11872–CMA.
The proposed Settlement Agreement
will resolve claims against Debtor TOC
Holdings Co. (TOC) in connection with
TOC’s liability under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (CERCLA),
for releases and threatened releases of
hazardous substances at the Portland
Harbor Superfund Site in Portland,
Oregon (the Site). These claims are
further described in a Proof of Claim
filed on behalf of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for recovery of response costs incurred,
and on behalf of the Department of the
Interior (DOI) and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) (DOI and NOAA, jointly, the
Federal Natural Resources Trustees) for
damages to natural resources, at the
Site.
Under the proposed Settlement
Agreement TOC Holdings Co., by its
Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, will
allow, as general unsecured claims,
EPA’s claim for CERCLA cost recovery
in the amount of $19,256,160 (the EPA
allowed claim) and the Federal Natural
Resources Trustees’ CERCLA claim for
natural resources damages in the
amount of $12,465,559 (the NRD
allowed claim).
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Settlement Agreement.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to In re TOC
Holdings Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–
11829. 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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During the public comment period,
the Settlement Agreement may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Settlement Agreement 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 $3.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement
Resolving Cost Recovery and Natural Resources Damages Claims Under
CERCLA
On April 13, 2021, the Department of Justice and the Bankruptcy
Trustee lodged a proposed Settlement Agreement (Settlement Agreement)
with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of
Washington, in the matter entitled In re TOC Holdings Co., Case No. 17-
11872-CMA.
The proposed Settlement Agreement will resolve claims against
Debtor TOC Holdings Co. (TOC) in connection with TOC's liability under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (CERCLA), for releases and threatened
releases of hazardous substances at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site
in Portland, Oregon (the Site). These claims are further described in a
Proof of Claim filed on behalf of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for recovery of response costs incurred, and on
behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (DOI and NOAA, jointly, the
Federal Natural Resources Trustees) for damages to natural resources,
at the Site.
Under the proposed Settlement Agreement TOC Holdings Co., by its
Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, will allow, as general unsecured claims,
EPA's claim for CERCLA cost recovery in the amount of $19,256,160 (the
EPA allowed claim) and the Federal Natural Resources Trustees' CERCLA
claim for natural resources damages in the amount of $12,465,559 (the
NRD allowed claim).
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to In re TOC Holdings Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-
11829. 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 website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Settlement Agreement 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 $3.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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