[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16512]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 22, 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 and State of 
Missouri v. BP America, Inc. and The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) Civil 
Action No. 1:24-cv-0139.
    The United States' and State of Missouri's joint complaint alleges 
that the defendants are liable under section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a) and section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1321, for natural resource damages resulting from releases of hazardous 
substances at and from the Sweetwater Mine and Mill Complex in Reynolds 
County, Missouri (the ``Site''). The Consent Decree requires the 
settling defendants, BP America, Inc. and The Standard Oil Company 
(Ohio) to pay $1.05 million to the United States and State of Missouri. 
Under the Consent Decree, the United States and State of Missouri 
covenant not to sue the settling defendants for natural resource 
damages resulting from releases of hazardous substances at or from the 
Site.
    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. BP America, Inc. 
and The Standard Oil Company (Ohio), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09424/4. 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. If you require assistance 
accessing Consent Decree, you may request assistance by email or by 
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.

Eric D. Albert,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-16512 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
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