96-30894. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 64367]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-30894]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    
    Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
    Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
    (``CERCLA'')
    
        In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
    122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that 
    a proposed consent decree in United States v. Harris Corporation, Civil 
    Action No. 96-1237-CIV-ORL-19 was lodged on November 20, 1996, with the 
    United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. This 
    agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought by the United 
    States against Harris Corporation (``Harris'') pursuant to Sections 
    106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. The United States 
    seeks recovery of response costs and injunctive relief in order to 
    remedy conditions in connection with the release or threatened release 
    of hazardous substances into the environment at and from Operable Unit 
    Two (``OU2'') of the Harris Corporation/Palm Bay facility Superfund 
    Site (``Site''). The Site is located in Palm Bay, Brevard County, 
    Florida.
        The Site facility is divided into two major operating business 
    units: The Semiconductor Sector to the north and Electronics Systems 
    Sector to the south. For purposes of investigation, EPA divided the 
    contamination at the Site into two operable units, with the first 
    operable unit (``OU1'') to address contamination in the groundwater 
    underlying the Electronic Systems Sector. The second operable unit 
    (``OU2'') addresses the soils, sediment, and surface water throughout 
    the Site, and the groundwater underlying the Semiconductor Sector. The 
    Court entered a Consent Decree on October 25, 1991, and an Amendment to 
    Consent Decree on June 1, 1993, in Civil Action No. 91-624-CIV-ORL-19, 
    with respect to OU1.
        EPA selected a remedy for OU2 which it set forth in a Record of 
    Decision (``ROD'') executed on February 15, 1995, and modified by an 
    Explanation of Significant Differences (``ESD'') executed on December 
    8, 1995. In the ROD, EPA selected a groundwater remedy which includes 
    continued operation of the existing groundwater recovery and treatment 
    system, conversion of existing recovery well SC-TS4 to a monitoring 
    well, the addition of a new 40-foot monitoring well on the southwestern 
    portion of OU2, and continued groundwater monitoring until all 
    performance standards are met. EPA selected a No-Action remedy for the 
    soils, sediment, and surface water throughout the entire site, as no 
    hazardous substances were detected in any of these media above the 
    appropriate action level.
        The consent decree requires Harris to perform this remedy as set 
    forth in the ROD for OU2. Harris also agreed to pay $112,000 in past 
    response costs incurred by the United States at OU2, and to pay future 
    response costs which the United States will incur at the Site.
        The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
    days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
    proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
    Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
    Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
    States v. Harris Corporation, DOJ Ref #90-11-2-1137.
        The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
    United States Attorney, 201 Federal Building, 80 North Houghey Avenue, 
    Orlando, Florida 32801; the Region 4 office of the Environmental 
    Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303; 
    and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, 
    Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent 
    decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
    Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
    requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
    check for the reproduction costs. If you request a copy of the Consent 
    Decree without attachments, which attachments include the ROD, 
    Statement of Work, and ESD, then the amount of the check should be 
    $19.75 (79 pages at 25 cents per page). If you request a copy of the 
    Consent Decree with the above stated attachments, then the amount of 
    the check should be $39.75 (159 pages at 25 cents per page). The check 
    should be made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
    Joel M. Gross,
    Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
    Resources Division.
    [FR Doc. 96-30894 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
12/04/1996
Department:
Justice Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-30894
Pages:
64367-64367 (1 pages)
PDF File:
96-30894.pdf