[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 75289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26626]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Comment Period Extension on Proposed Settlement 
Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act Regarding Claims in Connection With the Findett/
Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site

    On September 28, 2022, 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 the 
State of Missouri v. Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri., 
Civil Action No.22-cv-1038. On October 4, 2022, notice of the proposed 
settlement agreement and the start of the comment period was published 
in the Federal Register. On November 2, 2022, notice was published by 
the United States for an extension of the comment period for this 
Proposed Consent Decree by thirty (30) days, to December 5, 2022. In 
response to further requests for an extension, the United States is 
extending the comment period for this Proposed Consent Decree by an 
additional ninety (90 days), to March 6, 2023.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States 
and State of Missouri have brought pursuant to Sections 106, 107(a), 
and 113(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a), and 9613(g), as amended by 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 
and Section 260.530 of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law, Mo. 
Rev. Stat. 260.530, regarding the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road 
Groundwater Superfund Site Operable Unit 4 (``OU4'').
    Under the Settlement Agreement, Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren 
(``Ameren'') will perform response actions at the Site pursuant to the 
June 30, 2021 Record of Decision, and pay U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency and Missouri Department of Natural Resources oversight costs. In 
exchange, the United States and the State will provide covenants not to 
sue or to take administrative action against Ameren pursuant to 
Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and Mo. 
Rev. Stat. 260.510 and 260.530, with regard to the Work performed.
    Any comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United 
States and the State of Missouri v. Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren 
Missouri, 22-cv-1038, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-417/6. All comments must be 
submitted no later than March 6, 2023. 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 Settlement Agreement may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. Alternatively, a paper copy of 
the Settlement Agreement will be provided 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 $34.75 for the Consent 
Decree and appendices, and $8 for only the Consent Decree without 
appendices (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United 
States Treasury.

Susan Akers,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-26626 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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