[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 19602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05746]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 12, 2024, 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 v. Ameren 
Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-00047. See Docket No. 2-
1.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United 
States under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA) against thirty-six defendants for the recovery 
of costs that the United States incurred responding to releases of 
hazardous substances at the Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
    The settlement requires defendants to pay $6,074,739 of the United 
States' response costs and requires certain settling federal agencies 
to pay further $600,798 of the United States' response costs. In return 
for the defendants' commitments, the United States agrees not to sue 
the defendants under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA. The Environmental 
Protection Agency also covenants not to take administrative action 
against the settling Federal agencies under sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Ameren Corporation, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-614/4. 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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    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States 
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the 
commenter.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance 
accessing the proposed Consent Decree, you may request assistance by 
email or by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting 
comments.

Kathryn C. Macdonald,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-05746 Filed 3-18-24; 8:45 am]
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