Notice2022-26626
Notice of Comment Period Extension on 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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December 8, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 75289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26626]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Comment Period Extension on 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. On October 4, 2022, notice of the proposed
settlement agreement and the start of the comment period was published
in the Federal Register. On November 2, 2022, notice was published by
the United States for an extension of the comment period for this
Proposed Consent Decree by thirty (30) days, to December 5, 2022. In
response to further requests for an extension, the United States is
extending the comment period for this Proposed Consent Decree by an
additional ninety (90 days), to March 6, 2023.
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 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. 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 U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and Missouri Department of Natural Resources 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. 260.510 and 260.530, with regard to the Work performed.
Any 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 March 6, 2023. 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#2a5a5f48494547474f445e074f4f59044f44584e6a5f594e4540044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8d8ddcacbc7c5c5cdc6dc85cdcddb86cdc6dacce8dddbccc7c286cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, 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,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-26626 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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