[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20199]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 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 versus Bill Currie 
Ford, Inc., et al, Civil Action No. 97-1566-CIV-T-23C, 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 Superfund Site, 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 response 
costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States with respect to 
the Site, and injunctive relief for the Site, namely, implementation of 
the source control remedy selected by EPA in Record of Decision 
(``ROD'') for the Peak Oil/Bay Drums Operable Unit (``OU'') One, dated 
June 21, 1993. The ROD provides for the installation of a slurry wall 
around the Site, excavation, solidification and stabilization and on-
site disposal of lead-impacted soils/sediments, solidification and 
stabilization and on-site disposal of an ash pile, dewatering of the 
surficial aquifer, treatment of surficial groundwater, in-situ soil 
flushing/bioremediation, capping of the Site, and institutional 
controls. The Settling Defendants and Settling Federal Agencies have 
agreed in the proposed Consent Decree to perform the remedy selected by 
EPA for OU One. Settling Defendants have also agreed to reimburse the 
United States for certain response costs with respect to the Site.
    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 versus Bill Currie Ford, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
897. 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, 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 in the amount of $56.25 (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 $33.25, 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. 97-20199 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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