May 7, 2007
VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Mail Stop 4561
Attn: Ms. Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director
Re: | Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 |
| Originally Filed on March 28, 2007 |
| File No. 333-141630 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-4, SEC File No. 333-141630, as amended, to 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Company hereby acknowledges its responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above-referenced Registration Statement. In addition, the Company acknowledges that:
· should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please contact David W. Braswell or Nick H. Varsam of Armstrong Teasdale LLP, special counsel to the Company, at (314) 621-5070, as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective, or if you have any other questions or concerns regarding this matter.
Sincerely, | |
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| /s/ Craig A. Hunt |
| Craig A. Hunt |
| Senior Vice President, Secretary and |
| General Counsel |
cc: David W. Braswell, Esq.
Nick H. Varsam, Esq.
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