Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Missouri Electric Works, Inc. et al., Civil Action No.

1:95CV0004 LMB, was lodged on March 9, 1995 with the United States

District Court for the Easter District of Missouri, Southeastern

Division. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Defendants Missouri Electric

Works, Inc. and David B. Giles, Personal Representative for the Estate

of Richard H. Giles, Decedent, will pay to the United States $190,000

and one-half of the net proceeds over $75,000 resulting from the sale

of the inventory of Missouri Electric Works Inc. These payments will be

used by the United States for unreimbursed response costs relating to

the Missouri Electric Works, Inc. Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau,

Missouri. The Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the

United States under Section 106 and 107 of the CERCLA, and under

Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''),

42 U.S.C. 6973.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Missouri Electric Works, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-

11-2-614B. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting

in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, Southeastern

Division, 325 Broadway, Second Floor, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; the

Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota

Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A

copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $13.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-6497 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]

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