[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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