[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5343-5344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2070]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Sections 106, 107 and 
113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 9613, as Amended

    Notice is hereby given that on January 20, 2010 a Consent Decree in 
United States of America v. U.S. Borax Inc., Civil Action No. 4:10-cv-
00057 was lodged with the United States District

[[Page 5344]]

Court for the Western District of Missouri.
    In this action the United States sought, pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended (``CERCLA''), declaratory 
relief, injunctive relief, and recovery of response costs incurred and 
to be incurred by the United States in connection with the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at or from the Armour Road 
Superfund Site, located at and adjacent to 2251 Armour Road in North 
Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri (``Site''). The Consent Decree 
requires the settling defendant to perform a remedial investigation and 
feasibility study (``RI/FS'') for the Site and to pay the costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States in connection with the 
RI/FS. The work to be performed by the settling defendant is expected 
to cost about $600,000.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In either case, the 
comments should refer to United States of America v. U.S. Borax Inc., 
Civil Action 4:10-cv-00057 (W.D. Missouri), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-
08035/3.
    During the comment period, the Consent Decrees may be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Western District 
of Missouri, Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse, 400 East 9th Street, 
Room 5510, Kansas City, MO 64106 (Contact: Charles Thomas, Assistant 
United States Attorney), and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Copies 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 $17.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 
a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 2010-2070 Filed 2-1-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P