[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 31525] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-15331] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 May 28, 1998, three proposed consent decrees in United States v. The Monsanto Company, et al., Civil Action No. 4:95- CV-969 CEJ, were lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Under the consent decrees, the defendants, the Monsanto Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, AlliedSignal, Inc. and Superior Oil Company, Inc. will pay a total of $600,000 in reimbursement of costs incurred by the United States in response to releases of hazardous substances at the former site of the Thompson Chemical Company in St. Louis, Missouri. 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 decrees. 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. Monsanto, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1089. The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101; the Region 7 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 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 decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case, indicate which consent decrees you wish to receive, and enclose a check in the appropriate amount. The copying charges for the consent decrees are as follows (25 cents per page reproduction costs): $4.50 for the consent decree with Superior, $4.75 for the consent decree with Monsanto and AlliedSignal, and $4.50 for the consent decree with Union Pacific. Make checks payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 98-15331 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M