[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64671-64672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5693]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 30, 2007, a proposed First 
Amendment to Consent Decree in United States v. Stauffer Management 
Company LLC and Bayer CropScience Inc., Civil Action No. 8:05-cv-1024, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Florida.
    The proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree implements a 
modification to the CERCLA remedial action at the Stauffer Chemical 
Superfund Site in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida (the 
``Site'') adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through 
an Explanation of Significant Differences to the July 1998 Record of 
Decision with respect to Operable Unit 1 (Soils) at the Site. The 
remedy originally selected by EPA called for in-situ stabilization of 
contaminated sediments in wastewater ponds at the Site, using a cement 
slurry wall. During testing for the slurry wall, a reaction occurred 
between residual elemental phosphorus in the ponds and the slurry wall 
cement, resulting in a

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fire in the test area. In response, EPA determined that a cut off wall 
should be substituted for the in-situ stabilization approach to the 
wastewater ponds. The Amendment modifies the original Consent Decree to 
ensure that this remedy modification is enforceable.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the First 
Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division, and either e-mailed to [email protected] or 
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Stauffer Management 
Company LLC and Bayer CropScience Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1227/3.
    The First Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 3200, 
Tampa, Florida 33602, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. During the public comment period, the 
First Amendment to Consent Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web Site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Amendment to Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (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 Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5693 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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