[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 30, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States, et al. v. 745 Property Investments, Inc. et 
al., No. 00-1215-Civ-Seitz (S.D. Fla.), was lodged on March 31, 2000 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Florida.
    In this action the United States sought performance of work, and 
recovery of costs incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, in connection with responding to the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Anodyne National 
Priorities List Site in Miami, Florida. The consent decree resolves all 
claims brought against defendants 745 Property Investments, Inc., Floyd 
Abramson and Julius Golding the partners of the, G.D.W. Partnership, 
Ltd., and Prudential Insurance Company of America (collectively, the 
``settlers'').
    The proposed consent decree provides that the settlers will perform 
the Zone 1 soils excavation and monitoring program required by the 
Record of Decision for the site, pay for up to $100,000 of EPA's 
oversight of that portion of the remedial action, to pay all of EPA's 
other Future Response Costs in connection with the Consent Decree, and 
to pay $35,704.56 for Past Costs, to resolve their liability to the 
United States for response costs as described above. The proposed 
consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United States 
under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for the 
entire Site (Zones 1 and 2), including all past and future costs.
    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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. 745 Property Investments, Inc. 
et al., No. 00-0215-Civ-Seitz (S.D. Fla.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-881/1.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 99 N.E. 4th 
Street, Miami, Florida 33132, (305) 961-9329; the Region 4 Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, 
GA 30303-8960. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting 
copies please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $67.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-11045 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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