[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4106-4107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1451]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on January 19, 2010, a proposed Amended 
Consent Decree in United States of America v. Stauffer Management 
Company LLC (successor by merger to Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc.) Civil 
Action No. 8:98-cv-01203-T-27TGW was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division 
(``the Court'').
    This case was brought under authority of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. and pertains to the Stauffer Chemical Superfund 
Site in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida (``the Site''). The Court 
entered a Consent Decree on July 23, 1998 (``1998 Decree''), under 
which Atkemix Thirty-Seven Inc. (``Atkemix'') agreed to perform the 
remedial action at the Site set forth in the Environmental Protection 
Agency's (``EPA's'') 1995 Record of Decision (``1995 ROD'') and pay the 
government's response costs. However, during the first several years of 
1995 ROD implementation, it became clear that, while the groundwater 
remedy was cleaning up the groundwater at the Site, the remedy chosen 
for the soils and sediments was failing to clean the soils and 
sediments up to the required performance standards.
    EPA issued an Amended Record of Decision for the soils and 
sediments (``2006 ROD'') while continuing to have Atkemix perform the 
groundwater cleanup under the 1995 ROD. It then became necessary to 
amend the 1998 Decree to include the revised soils and sediment cleanup 
under the 2006 ROD and to address other changes such as the name of the 
settling defendant. Atkemix merged into Stauffer Management Company LLC 
in December 2000. According to the Civil Docket, the Court had closed 
this case on July 24, 1998. However, on January 19, 2010, the Court 
entered an order granting the motion of the United States to reopen the 
case and reassign it. The Amended Consent Decree was filed with the 
Motion to Reopen and is deemed lodged as of January 19, 2010.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Amended 
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 of America v. Stauffer Management Company LLC 
(successor by merger to Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1227.
    The Amended Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, SE., Atlanta, GA 30303, ATTN: Elisa Roberts. During the 
public comment period, the Amended 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 Amended 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

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$89.25 (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. In requesting a copy 
exclusive of appendices, please enclose a check in the amount of $24.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
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