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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
On June 10, 2024, 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 v. Santolubes, LLC, et. al., Civil Action No.24-cv-807.
The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States has brought
pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“CERCLA”), regarding the Findett/Hayford
Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site Operable Unit 1 (“OU1”) in St. Charles County,
Missouri.
Under the Consent Decree, Santolubes, LLC, Santolubes Manufacturing, LLC, and
Santolubes Spartanburg Holdings will pay $300,000 for response costs at the Sites. Of these
funds $280,000 will be deposited into a court registry account to be transferred either to the
Environmental Protection Agency or any parties performing work at the Site under an agreement
with the United States. The remaining $20,000 will be transferred to EPA to perform response
actions at the Site. In exchange, the United States and the State will provide covenants not to sue
or to take administrative action against Defendants pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a) regarding the Site. This settlement is based on an
analysis of the Defendant’s limited ability to pay.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Santolubes, LLC, et. al., 24-cv- 807,
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-417/5. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days

after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by e-mail or by
mail:
To submit comments:

Send them to:

By e-mail

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov

By mail

Assistant Attorney General
U.S. DOJ – ENRD
P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined and
downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If
you require assistance accessing the proposed Consent Decree, you may request assistance by
email or by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.

Kathryn C. Macdonald,
Assistant Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-13204 Filed: 6/14/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/17/2024]