[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8743]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 3, 2006 a proposed Consent 
Decree with the Estate of Irving Rubin in United States v. Mallinckrodt 
et al., Civil Action No. 4:02CV1488, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. In this action the 
United States sought recovery of response costs incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency at the Great Lakes Container 
Corporation Superfund Site located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Consent 
Decree resolves our claims for past and future response costs against 
the Estate of Irving Rubin (``the Estate''). The Consent Decree 
requires the Estate to pay the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund 
$300,000 for reimbursement of past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Mallinckrodt, et al. D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07280. The 
Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, 111 South 10th Street, 
20th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63102, and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 North 
5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66025. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax No. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 
for United States v. Mallinckrodt, et al. (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 06-8743 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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