[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39255-39256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19169]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), and the policy of the United States Department of 
Justice, as provided in 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on July 10, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Pepper's Steel & Alloys, Inc., Civ No. 85-0571-EDB-DAVIS, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Florida. This Consent Decree concerns the Pepper's Steel Superfund Site 
in Medley, Florida. The Site, which was contaminated with lead and 
PCBs, has been fully remediated by Florida Power & Light under a 
separate Decree. Under the proposed Decree, the settling defendants, 
who are the owners of the Site, agree to the entry of a joint and 
several judgment against them for $6,194,317.90, which is the amount of 
the United States' unreimbursed response costs, including interest. 
That judgment will be satisfied, to the extent possible, by the 
Landowners' payment to the United States of (1) $962,500 from several 
previous settlements with some of their insurers, (2) 50% of the 
proceeds from future settlements with their remaining insurance 
carriers, and (3) 50% of the proceeds from their sale or lease of the 
Site, which they still own. The Landowners also agree to restrictions 
on the use of the Site that will ensure the protection of the completed 
remedy.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments concerning the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC, 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. Pepper's Steel & Alloys, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-2-62A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of

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Florida, 99 NE. 4th Street (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 4, 100 Alabama Street, SE., Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC 20005 (telephone (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. For a 
copy of the Consent Decree with attachments please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check for $12.50 ($.25 per page 
reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19169 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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