[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15865]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Pursuant to section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that on July 29, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree 
in United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 05-61271-CV-Huck/Simonton (S.D. 
Fl.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Florida.
    In this action the United States sought to require the Defendants 
to conduct remedial design and remedial action to address releases and 
threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Florida Petroleum 
Reprocessors Superfund Site (``Site'') in the town of Davie in Broward 
County, Florida. The United States also sought to recover certain past 
and future costs incurred and to be incurred by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) during the performance of response actions at 
the Site.
    Under the Decree, a group of 52 parties who sent waste oil to the 
Site will perform the remedial design and remedial action at the Site, 
pursuant to the March 1, 2001 Record of Decision (ROD). These parties 
will also pay $96,892.11 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in 
reimbursement of EPA's previously unreimbursed response costs at or in 
connection with the Site. In addition, they will pay EPA's future costs 
associated with overseeing the remedial design and remedial action and 
implementing the Consent Decree.
    A group of federal agencies who sent waste oil to the Site will pay 
$1,289,064 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of 
EPA's previously unreimbursed response costs at or in connection with 
the Site.
    A former owner and operator of the Site, Barry Paul, and a current 
owner of the Site, the Florida Department of Transportation, will pay 
$700,000 and $500,000 respectively to the Hazardous Substances 
Superfund in reimbursement of EPA's previously unreimbursed response 
costs at or in connection with 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 Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 05-61271-CV-Huck/Simonton (S.D. 
Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1069.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 500 East Broward Blvd., 7th Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 
33394 and at EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public comment period, the consent 
decree may be examined on the Department of Justice Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 
05-61271-CV-Huck/Simonton (S.D. Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1069, and 
enclose a check in the amount of $78.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. To receive the Consent Decree 
without Appendix A (Record of Decision), pay $40.75.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15865 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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