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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

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[Federal Register: January 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 21)]
[Notices]
[Page 5871]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr31ja08-91]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree with
Mallinckrodt, Inc., in United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Shell Oil
Company and Solutia, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:02-1488, was lodged on
January 16, 2008 with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
    The United States of America (``United States''), on behalf of the
Administrator of the EPA, filed a compliant against Mallinckrodt, Inc.
(``Mallinckrodt'') in this matter pursuant to Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, seeking recovery of
costs incurred and to be 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 Consent Decree resolves the United
States' claims by requiring the defendant, Mallinckrodt, to reimburse
the United States for its costs in cleaning up the Site. The Consent
Decree will result in the payment of $3,950,000.00 to the Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
either e-mailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should
refer to United States v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Shell Oil Company and
Solutia, Inc., DOJ Ref. #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,
MO 63102 and at the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. During the public
comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be examined on the
Department of Justice Web site, at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_
Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax
number (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 $5.25 (or $4.50, for a copy that omits the
exhibits and signature pages) (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the U.S. 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. 08-412 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]

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