[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11324]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on April 16, 1998, the United States of America, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') 
filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the 
District of Idaho alleging that defendant Monsanto Company and its 
affiliate P4 Production L.L.C. (together with ``Monsanto'') are liable 
under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607, 
for the implementation of EPA's selected remedy for the Monsanto 
Company Superfund Site in Caribou County, Idaho (``the Site''), and for 
the reimbursement of all costs incurred by the United States in 
response to the release of hazardous substances at the Site. The action 
is styled United States v. Monsanto, Civil Action No. C98-154-E-ELW (D. 
Idaho). On the same day, the United States lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Idaho a Consent Decree 
resolving the United States' claims in this action.
    The Consent Decree requires Monsanto to implement EPA's selected 
remedy for the Site, and to reimburse the United States for $17,980.70, 
which represents the full amount of unreimbursed costs incurred by the 
United States in response to releases of hazardous substances from the 
Site.
    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. Monsanto, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1277.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 10 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 
98104 (206) 553-1504, and may be obtained from the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Idaho, P.O. Box 32, Boise, Idaho 
83707 (208) 334-1211. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may also 
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 copies 
please refer to United States v. Monsanto, No. C98-154-E-ELW (D. 
Idaho), and enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in 
the amount of $20.00 (80 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction 
costs).
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-11324 Filed 4-28-98; 8:45 am]
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