[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15574]


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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, notice is hereby given that on June 18, 2004, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc. et al., 
Civil Action No. 4:02CV1488 was 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 Container Corporation Superfund Site in St. Louis, 
Missouri. The Site is a former drum reclamation facility contaminated 
primarily with lead and polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs''). The 
settling defendants, Croda Inks Corporation, Engineered Lubricants Co., 
Gardner Denver, Inc., Jesco Resources, Inc., and the Defense Logistics 
Agency, sent drums to the facility and thereby contributed small or 
unknown amounts of lead to the Site. In the proposed consent decree, 
the settling defendants have agreed to reimburse EPA a total of 
$24,197.20 in past response costs. In return, the United States 
covenants not to sue those parties for their liability related to lead 
contamination at 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 Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc. et al., Consent Decree, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-07280.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, 111 10th Street, St. 
Louis, Mo 63102 and at U.S. EPA Region VII, U.S. EPA, Region VII, 901 
N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7559. During the public 
comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdog.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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 number (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 $6.25 (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. 04-15574 Filed 7-8-04; 8:45 am]
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