[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6497]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Missouri Electric Works, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 
1:95CV0004 LMB, was lodged on March 9, 1995 with the United States 
District Court for the Easter District of Missouri, Southeastern 
Division. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Defendants Missouri Electric 
Works, Inc. and David B. Giles, Personal Representative for the Estate 
of Richard H. Giles, Decedent, will pay to the United States $190,000 
and one-half of the net proceeds over $75,000 resulting from the sale 
of the inventory of Missouri Electric Works Inc. These payments will be 
used by the United States for unreimbursed response costs relating to 
the Missouri Electric Works, Inc. Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau, 
Missouri. The Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the 
United States under Section 106 and 107 of the CERCLA, and under 
Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Missouri Electric Works, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-2-614B. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting 
in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, Southeastern 
Division, 325 Broadway, Second Floor, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $13.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-6497 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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