[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6527-6528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1922]


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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 a proposed Consent Decree with Solutia, 
Inc., in the case of United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Shell Oil 
Company; and Solutia, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:02-1488, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 
on January 28, 2008. The United States filed the Complaint in 2002 on 
behalf of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq. (CERCLA), 
seeking

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recovery of costs 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 complaint alleges claims against Solutia 
and two other defendants. The Consent Decree referred to in this Notice 
addresses only the claims against Solutia.
    In 2003, Solutia filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 
11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the 
Southern District of New York. On or about November 30, 2004, the 
United States filed a Proof of Claim asserting claims against Solutia 
under CERCLA for, among other things, EPA's response costs for the 
Site.
    The Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims against 
Solutia for the Site by providing that the United States shall be 
allowed a General Unsecured Claim, as that term is defined in Solutia's 
reorganization plan, in the amount of $3,600,000.00.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 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. In either case, the 
comments should refer to United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc., et al., 
DOJ Ref. No. 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, Missouri, and at the Region VII Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas. During the comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 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 $4.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States 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. E8-1922 Filed 2-1-08; 8:45 am]
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