[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22525]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 23, 2004, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement (the ``Agreement'') in In re: Farmland Industries, 
Inc., et al., Case No. 02-50557, was lodged with the United States 
Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri.
    In this settlement the United States resolves the Environmental 
Protection Agency's claim for cost recovery for costs to be incurred 
remediating environmental contamination at the Obee Road Superfund Site 
in Hutchinson, Kansas. Farmland Industries, Inc. has been identified as 
a responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') in connection with this 
Site. and civil penalties under CERCLA, the Clean Water Act, and the 
Clean Air Act against Farmland Industries, Inc. The Settlement 
Agreement provides that the United States will have an allowed general 
unsecured claim of $940,000, in settlement of the above-described 
claim. The United States previously has recovered from Farmland its 
past costs incurred at the Obee Road Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement. 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 In re: Farmland Industries, Inc., et al., Case No. 02-50557, 
Bankruptcy Court for Western District of Missouri, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-06976/3.
    The Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 400 E. 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106, and 
at U.S. EPA Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 
During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may also be 
examined on the following Justice Department Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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 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 $1.00 (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. 04-22525 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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