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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: February 1, 1994
STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-5108 04-2456637
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Commission File No. (IRS Employer Identification No.)
225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617)786-3000
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code
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Item 5. Other Events
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Registrant has been notified by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency - Region 1, by letter dated February
1, 1994 that the EPA has removed the Registrant and its
principal subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company,
together with the former Union National Bank, a former
subsidiary of Registrant now in receivership of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, "from its list
of potentially responsible parties" for the Silresim
Chemical Corporation Superfund Site. The EPA's
notification stated that it does not intend to take
further steps to hold Registrant, State Street Bank
and/or Union responsible for the hazardous wastes at
the Site or for the cleanup costs associated with the
Site; the EPA did reserve its rights to reassess this
determination if new facts are discovered in the
future.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 10, 1994
STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert J. Malley
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Robert J. Malley
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
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