[Federal Register: December 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 239)]
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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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