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Court Approves EPA Settlement Requiring Payment of Response Costs at Missouri
Electric Works Superfund Site
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 15, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced the court approval of a settlement agreement with 36
private parties and three federal agencies for payment of EPA’s past and
future cleanup costs at the Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri.
The settlement agreement is issued under the authority of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly
known as Superfund.
Under the terms of the settlement, the polluting private parties will pay
$6,074,739 and the federal agencies, also responsible for pollution, will pay
$600,798 to the United States to satisfy EPA’s past and future cleanup
costs. Additionally, the private parties will pay $625,261 and the federal
agencies will pay $61,839 to the state of Missouri in settlement of state
response costs.
The site is an approximately 6.4-acre parcel, located in Cape Girardeau, at
which the former Missouri Electric Works Inc. sold, serviced, and
remanufactured transformers and other equipment containing polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs). Releases of PCBs and volatile organic compounds from the
facility resulted in soil and groundwater contamination at the site. EPA has
been overseeing investigation and cleanup at the site since the 1980s.
EPA designated the property as a Superfund site in 1990. Under Superfund, EPA
enforces the “polluter pays” principle, which holds responsible parties
accountable for cleanup and reimbursement of EPA’s oversight costs
throughout a contaminated site’s history.
For more information, visit the Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site Profile
page.
Learn more about the Superfund program.
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