[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 48888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18398]


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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 July 29, 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 defendant, Indopco, Inc., f/k/a National Starch and Chemical 
Corporation (``National Starch''), sent drums to the facility and 
thereby contributed small or unknown amounts of lead to the Site. In 
the proposed consent decree, the settling defendant has agreed to 
reimburse EPA $45,713.12 in past response costs. In return, the United 
States covenants not to sue National Starch for its 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 website, http://www.usdoj.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 $4.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Catherine R. McCabe,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18398 Filed 8-10-04; 8:45 am]
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