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

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on April 16, 1998, the United States of America, on

behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'')

filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the

District of Idaho alleging that defendant Monsanto Company and its

affiliate P4 Production L.L.C. (together with ``Monsanto'') are liable

under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607,

for the implementation of EPA's selected remedy for the Monsanto

Company Superfund Site in Caribou County, Idaho (``the Site''), and for

the reimbursement of all costs incurred by the United States in

response to the release of hazardous substances at the Site. The action

is styled United States v. Monsanto, Civil Action No. C98-154-E-ELW (D.

Idaho). On the same day, the United States lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of Idaho a Consent Decree

resolving the United States' claims in this action.

The Consent Decree requires Monsanto to implement EPA's selected

remedy for the Site, and to reimburse the United States for $17,980.70,

which represents the full amount of unreimbursed costs incurred by the

United States in response to releases of hazardous substances from the

Site.

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. Monsanto, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1277.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 10 Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA

98104 (206) 553-1504, and may be obtained from the Office of the United

States Attorney for the District of Idaho, P.O. Box 32, Boise, Idaho

83707 (208) 334-1211. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may also

be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting copies

please refer to United States v. Monsanto, No. C98-154-E-ELW (D.

Idaho), and enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in

the amount of $20.00 (80 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction

costs).

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-11324 Filed 4-28-98; 8:45 am]

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