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reimbursement of response costs and

injunctive relief in connection with the

Metamora Landfill Superfund Site

(‘‘Site’’) pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.

Under this settlement with the United

States the ten parties will pay a total of

$1,026,221 in reimbursement of

response costs incurred by the United

States Environmental Protection Agency

at 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 of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. Kux Manufacturing,

et. al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–289L.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Eastern District of

Michigan, Southern Division, 211 West

Fort Street, Suite 2300, Detroit, MI

48226, at the Region 5 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois

60604–3590, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. A copy of the proposed Consent

Decree may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the

amount of $8.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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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, notice is hereby

given that on May 28, 1998, three

proposed consent decrees in United

States v. The Monsanto Company, et al.,

Civil Action No. 4:95–CV–969 CEJ, were

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of

Missouri. Under the consent decrees,

the defendants, the Monsanto Company,

Union Pacific Railroad Company,

AlliedSignal, Inc. and Superior Oil

Company, Inc. will pay a total of

$600,000 in reimbursement of costs

incurred by the United States in

response to releases of hazardous

substances at the former site of the

Thompson Chemical Company in St.

Louis, Missouri.

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 decrees. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v.

Monsanto, et al., DOJ Ref. #90–11–2–

1089.

The proposed consent decrees may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Eastern District of

Missouri, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis,

Missouri 63101; the Region 7 Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency,

726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS

66101, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624–0892.

A copy of the proposed consent decrees

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case, indicate which consent

decrees you wish to receive, and enclose

a check in the appropriate amount. The

copying charges for the consent decrees

are as follows (25 cents per page

reproduction costs): $4.50 for the

consent decree with Superior, $4.75 for

the consent decree with Monsanto and

AlliedSignal, and $4.50 for the consent

decree with Union Pacific. Make checks

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’)

Consistent with the policy set forth in

the Department of Justice regulations at

28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that

on May 20, 1998, a proposed Consent

Decree was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Southern

District of Illinois, in United States v.

National Steel Corporation, Civil Action

No. 97–850 (GPM). The proposed

Consent Decree settles claims asserted

by the United States, on behalf of the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, pursuant to Section 113(b) of

the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 9613(b), in

connection with operation of National

Steel’s steel manufacturing facility in

Granite City, Illinois.

The Consent Decree requires National

Steel to pay $546,700 in civil penalties

for alleged violation of opacity limits

applicable to basic oxygen furnace

operations in the federally enforceable

Illinois State Implementation Plan

(‘‘SIP’’), as well as violations of SIP

permit conditions and emission limits

and National Emissions Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (‘‘NESHAP’’)

applicable to certain operations at

National Steel’s coke manufacturing

plant in Granite City. The proposed

Decree also requires National Steel to

perform two supplemental

environmental projects.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be directed to

the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. National Steel

Corporation, DOJ Reference #90–5–2–1–

2108.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Southern District

of Illinois, 9 Executive Drive, Suite 300,

Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, at the

offices of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604–3590, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624–0892.

A copy of the proposed Consent Decree

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on May 20, 1998, a

proposed Consent Decree in United

States and State of New York v. City of

New York and New York Department of