[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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