[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-412]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree with 
Mallinckrodt, Inc., in United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Shell Oil 
Company and Solutia, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:02-1488, was lodged on 
January 16, 2008 with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Missouri.
    The United States of America (``United States''), on behalf of the 
Administrator of the EPA, filed a compliant against Mallinckrodt, Inc. 
(``Mallinckrodt'') in this matter pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, seeking recovery of 
costs incurred and to be incurred in responding to the release or 
threat of release of hazardous substances at or in connection with the 
Great Lakes container Corporation Superfund Site at 42 Ferry Street in 
St. Louis, Missouri (``Site''). The Consent Decree resolves the United 
States' claims by requiring the defendant, Mallinckrodt, to reimburse 
the United States for its costs in cleaning up the Site. The Consent 
Decree will result in the payment of $3,950,000.00 to the Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Shell Oil Company and 
Solutia, Inc., DOJ Ref. 90-11-3-07280. The proposed consent 
decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, 
United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Thomas 
F. Eagleton Courthouse, 111 South 10th Street, 20th Floor, St. Louis, 
MO 63102 and at the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the public 
comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be examined on the 
Department of Justice Web site, at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 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 $5.25 (or $4.50, for a copy that omits the 
exhibits and signature pages) (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 08-412 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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