[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29281]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. FSN, Inc., No. 96-5086-CV-SW-8, (W.D. Mo.), was lodged on 
October 1, 1996, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Missouri. With regard to the Defendant, the Consent Decree 
resolves a claim filed by the United States on behalf of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with Oronogo/Duenweg Mining Belt Site (``the Site''), located in Jasper 
County, Missouri. The Consent Decree provides that FSN will reimburse 
the United States $1,000,000 for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred at the Site. The Site is part of the historic Tri-State Mining 
District, and is located in the southwest portion of the State of 
Missouri.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fifteen 
(15) days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. FSN, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1001.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, 1201 Walnut, Suite 2300, Kansas City, 
Missouri, 64106-2149; the Region 7 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 Settlement 
Agreement 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 $2.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-29281 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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