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, and in

accordance with Section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2),

notice is hereby given that a proposed consent Decree in United States

v. BP Amoco PLC, et al., Civil Action No. 4-99-CV-10671, was lodged on

November 29, 1999, with the United States District Court for the

Southern District of Iowa.

The Consent Decree settles an action brought under Section 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover costs incurred in

connection with Operable Units 2 and 4 at the Site. The Defendants are

BP Amoco PLC, Chevron Chemical Company, Bayer Corporation, Monsanto

Company, and Shell Oil Company. The Consent Decree provides that the

Defendants will pay the United States $2,513,808 for response costs

incurred in conducting response activities at the Des Moines TCE Site,

Operable Units 2 and 4, located in Des Moines, Iowa.

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. BP Amoco PLC, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3- 1138A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Southern District of Iowa U.S. Courthouse

Annex, 2nd Fl., 110 East Court, Des Moines, Iowa 50309; and the Region

VII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota

Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66202. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-32326 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]

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