Court Approves EPA Settlement Requiring Payment of Response Costs at Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that a court has approved a settlement agreement requiring 36 private parties and three federal agencies to pay for past and future cleanup costs at the Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The site was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic compounds, released from a transformer and equipment manufacturing facility. The settlement requires the private parties to pay $6,074,739 and the federal agencies to pay $600,798 to the US, and $625,261 and $61,839 to the state of Missouri, respectively. The site has been undergoing cleanup since the 1980s, and the EPA has designated it as a Superfund site since 1990.