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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive,

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Atkemix

Thirty-Seven, Inc., (M.D. Fl.) Civil Action No. 98-1203-CIV-T-25-F was

lodged on June 10, 1998, with the United States District Court for the

Middle District of Florida.

In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and

recovery of response costs under sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, with respect to the Stauffer Chemical

Superfund Site in Tampa, Florida (``the Site'').

Under a proposed Consent Decree, Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc., the

present owner and operator of a portion of the Site, has agreed to

perform the remedy chosen by EPA to clean up the Site, pay the

government's remaining past response costs, and pay future response

costs, in settlement of the government's claims under sections 106 and

107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication,

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comments relating to the proposed consent decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20530, and should refer to United States v. Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc.,

(M.D. Fl.), DOJ# 90-11-2-1227.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 3200, Tampa,

Florida 33602; the Region 4 Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005,

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer

to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $50.00 (25

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library. In requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a

check for $20.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-16389 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]

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