KERR-MCGEE , U.S. EPA AND DOJ ENTER LINDSAY LIGHT PAST COSTS CONSENT DECREE KERR-MCGEE AGREED TO PAY $640,000.00 OF U.S. EPA�S PAST COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH U.S. EPA�S OVERSIGHT OF REMOVAL ACTIONS INVOLVING RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE STREETERVILLE AREA IN CHICAGO AND AT A LANDFILL IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS. ON APRIL 5, 2004, AN AMENDED COMPLAINT AND A CONSENT DECREE DESCRIBING THE ACTIONS KERR MCGEE AGREED TO TAKE FOR THEIR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 107 OF THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA). U.S. EPA INCURRED THE COSTS WHILE CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT OF REMOVAL ACTIONS AT FOUR LINDSAY LIGHT OPERABLE UNITS THAT YIELDED OVER 30,000 TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES. THE U.S. EPA�S ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS PROTECTED WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC FROM EXPOSURE TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND ALSO SPURRED REVITALIZATION OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITES AND PARKING LOTS INTO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS VALUED AT MORE THAN $800 MILLION AND CREATED HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS WILL BE PLACED INTO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE LINDSAY LIGHT INVESTIGATIONS AND CLEANUPS. THE CONSENT DECREE IS SUBJECT TO A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND JUDICIAL APPROVAL.