[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53132-53133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7508]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on September 1, 2006, a proposed Partial Consent Decree with 
Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. in United States v. American Cyanamid, et 
al., Nos. 1:02-CV-109-1 and 1:03-CV-122-3 (M.D. Ga.), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
    In this action, the United States seeks to recover from various 
defendants, pursuant to Sections 107 and 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607 and 9613(g)(2), the costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
United States in responding to the release and/or threatened release of 
hazardous substances at and from the Stoller Chemical Company/Pelham 
Phosphate Company Site (``Site'') in Pelham, Mitchell County, Georgia. 
Under the proposed Partial Consent Decree, Defendant Gerdau Ameristeel 
US Inc. will pay $7,250,000 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in 
reimbursement of the costs incurred by the United States at 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 Partial 
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. American Cyanamid, et al., (M.D. Ga.) (Partical 
Consent Decree with Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-
07602).
    The Partical Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, Cherry St. 
Galleria, 4th Floor, 433 Cherry St., Macon, GA 31201 ((478) 752-3511), 
and at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forysth Street, 
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (contact Bonnie Sawyer, Esq. (404) 562-
9539). During the public comment period, the Partial Consent Decree may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Partial 
Consent Decree may also be

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obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 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 from the Consent Decree Library, please refer to 
United States v. American Cyanamid, et al., (M.D. Ga.) (Partial Consent 
Decree with Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-07602), and 
enclose a check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a 
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7508 Filed 9-7-06; 8:45 am]
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