[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3367]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 3, 2007, a proposed Remedial 
Design/Remedial Action Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. 
Findett Real Estate Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 07-1215 was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Missouri.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States and the State of 
Missouri against the settling defendants brought under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., for declaratory relief, 
injunctive relief, and recovery of response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in connection with the release of 
hazardous substances at operable unit 3 (``OU3'') of the Hayford Bridge 
Road Groundwater Site located in St. Charles, Missouri (``Site''). The 
Decree requires six of the settling defendants to perform the remedy 
selected by EPA for OU3 and the remaining settling defendants to pay 
their allocated share of the costs to implement the remedy, including 
EPA oversight costs. The work to be performed by the settling 
defendants at OU3 is expected cost about $1.12 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj. gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Findett Real Estate Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 
07-1215 (E.D. Missouri), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-417/2.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, 111 S. 10th Street, 20th Floor, 
St. Louis, Missouri 63102, and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. During the public comment period, 
the Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of 
the 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 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 $50.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address. In requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits and 
defendants' signatures, please enclose a check in the amount of $12.00 
(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. 07-3367 Filed 7-10-07; 8:45 am]
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