[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15400-15401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07229]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 4, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Missouri in the lawsuit entitled United States and

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State of Missouri v. The Doe Run Resources Corporation, Civil Action 
No. 18-502.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The 
United States' complaint names The Doe Run Resources Corporation as the 
Defendant. The complaint seeks recovery of costs that the United States 
incurred responding to releases of hazardous substances at the Big 
River Mine Tailings Superfund Site in St. Francois County, Missouri. 
The complaint also seeks injunctive relief in the form of the 
performance of the selected remedy for Operable Unit 01 of the Site.
    The Consent Decree requires the defendant to perform the selected 
remedy on approximately 4,100 affected residential properties, to 
perform a removal action at the Hayden Creek Mine Waste Area, and to 
provide the Environmental Protection Agency and its contractors with 
free access to defendant's soil repository at the Leadwood site. The 
Environmental Protection Agency will reimburse the Defendant for up to 
forty percent of the costs it incurs performing the work required by 
the consent decree, up to a maximum of $31.56 million. In return for 
the Defendant's commitments, the United States agrees not to sue the 
Defendant under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
    The Consent Decree also requires the United States, on behalf of 
the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the 
Treasury, and Department of the Interior, to make a monetary payment to 
Doe Run, and resolves the United States' potential liability under 
CERCLA related to Operable Unit 01 at the Big River Mine Tailings 
Superfund Site, including any liability the United States may have to 
Doe Run under Section 113 of CERCLA.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and State of Missouri v. The Doe Run 
Resources Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09306/4. All comments must 
be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date 
of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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            To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, DC 20044-
                                             7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $12.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-07229 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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