[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19125]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Notice is hereby given that on July 6, 1998, a proposed Second
Partial Consent Decree in United States v. Findett Corporation, et al.
No. 4:97CV01557CDP (E.D. Mo.) was filed with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The action was filed on
July 25, 1997 under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover
response costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States
associated with Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Site in St. Charles,
Missouri.
Under the terms of the proposed Decree, General Motors,
Mallinckrodt Chemical, and Monsanto will pay a total of $1,712,076 to
the Superfund, exclusively for past United States response costs. The
first Partial Consent Decree pending before the Court provides for the
payment of an additional $455,000. The United States' outstanding past
costs were estimated at approximately $3.2 million as of March 31,
1998.
The Second Partial Consent Decree may be examined by the Office of
the United States Attorney, U.S. Court & Custom House, 1114 Market
Street, Room 401, St. Louis, MO 63101; the Region VII Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City,
Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Findett
Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-417.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-19125 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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