[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20198]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1998, as
Amended
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7 and pursuant to
section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given
that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Akzo Nobel Coatings
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 97-1564-CIV-T-99A, was lodged on June
20, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Middle District
of Florida, Tampa Division.
This case concerns the Peak Oil and Bay Drums Superfund Sites,
located in north central Hillsborough County, on State Road 574, in
Tampa, Florida (the ``Site''). In 1986, the Peak Oil and Bay Drums
Superfund Sites were jointly placed on the National Priorities List as
a result of the release or threatened release of hazardous substances.
Pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606
and 9607, the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of past and
future costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the
Site, and injunctive relief with respect to the Site, namely,
implementation of remedies selected by EPA in Records of Decision
(``ROD'') for the Peak Oil/Bay Drums Operable Unit (``OU'') Two, dated
August 9, 1993, which addresses the area-wide ground water in the
Southern Surficial and Floridian Aquifers underlying the Site, and OU
Four, dated June 28, 1994, which requires monitoring and sampling of
the North Wetland. The Settling Defendants and the Settling Federal
Agencies have agreed in the proposed Consent Decree to implement the
remedies selected by EPA for OUs Two and Four.
The Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and under section 7003 of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
897(H). Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in
the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Middle District of Florida, 500 Zack St. Room
410, Tampa, Florida 33602; the Office of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 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 in the amount of $84.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library for a copy of the Consent
Decree with attachments or a check in the amount of $54.75, for a copy
of the proposed Consent Decree without those attachments.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-20198 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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