[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65319-65320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28925]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7 and 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given 
that on October 2, 2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, et al., Civil Action No. 4: 
03CV01625 ERW lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Missouri.
    In this action the United States sought response costs relating to 
response actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at 
the Great Lakes Superfund Site in St. Louis, MO. The Site is a former 
drum reclamation facility contaminated primarily with lead and 
polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs''). The settling defendant, the 
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (``MSD'') owns a portion of the 
Site property but did not participate in the disposal of hazardous 
substances on the property. In the proposed consent decree MSD has 
agreed to reimburse EPA $230,000 in past response costs and grant 
access and institutional controls on its property.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
U.S. v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Consent Decree, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-07280/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, 111 S. 10th Street, Room 
20.333, St. Louis, MO, 63102, (314) 539-2200 and at U.S. EPA Region 
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7471. During 
the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by 
mail from the Consent

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Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28925 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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