[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 35888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17226]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 15, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Landia Chemical Company et al., Civil Action 
No. 8:09-cv-01325-VMC-TBM, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Florida.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
against seven parties (``Settling Defendants'') under Sections 106 and 
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. In its Complaint, filed 
concurrently with the Consent Decree, the United States sought 
injunctive relief in order to address the release or threatened release 
of hazardous substances at the Landia Chemical Company Site in 
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, along with the recovery of costs the 
United States incurred for response activities undertaken at the Site.
    Under the Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants--Landia Chemical 
Company, Inc.; Agrico Chemical Company; BASF Sparks LLC; PCS Joint 
Venture, Ltd.; Sylvite Terminal & Distribution LLC; Billy G. Mitchell; 
and Walter G. Grahn--will implement the remedy selected by EPA for the 
Site, including a final action to remediate soil contamination and an 
interim action to address groundwater contamination. The Consent Decree 
also requires the Settling Defendants to pay any future response costs 
above $796,454.46 incurred by the United States.
    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, 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. Landia Chemical Company, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-09147.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Middle District of Florida, 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 
3200, Tampa, FL 33602, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW., Atlanta, Georgia, 30303. During the public comment period, the 
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 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 $59.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-17226 Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P