Notice2022-21467
Notice of Filing of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Regarding Claims in Connection With the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site
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Published
October 4, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60199-60200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21467]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Filing of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Regarding Claims in Connection With the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road
Groundwater Superfund Site
On September 28, 2022 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 the
State of Missouri v. Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri.,
Civil Action No. 22-cv-1038.
The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States
and State of Missouri have brought pursuant to sections 106, 107(a),
and 113(g) of the
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a), and 9613(g), as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), and Section
260.530 of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law, Mo. Rev. Stat.
Sec. 260.530, regarding the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater
Superfund Site Operable Unit 4 (``OU4'').
Under the Settlement Agreement, Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren
(``Ameren'') will perform response actions at the Site pursuant to the
June 30, 2021 Record of Decision, and pay oversight costs. In exchange,
the United States and the State will provide covenants not to sue or to
take administrative action against Ameren pursuant to Sections 106 and
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and Mo. Rev. Stat.
Sec. Sec. 260.510 and 260.530, with regard to the Site.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and the State of Missouri v. Union
Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri, 22-cv-1038, D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-417/6. 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............................ <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d5d584f4e4240404843590048485e0348435f496d585e494247034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3d3d6c1c0cccecec6cdd78ec6c6d08dc6cdd1c7e3d6d0c7ccc98dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box,
7611Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees</a>. Alternatively, a paper copy of
the Settlement Agreement will be provided upon written request and
payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to:
Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $34.75 for the Consent
Decree and appendices, and $8 for only the Consent Decree without
appendices (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21467 Filed 10-3-22; 8:45 am]
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