[Federal Register: November 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 224)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Ben 
Shemper & Sons, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 94-50385/LAC was lodged 
on October 30, 1998 with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Florida. In December, 1994, the United States 
filed this action pursuant to section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 
U.S.C. 9607, to recover response costs incurred by EPA at the Sapp 
Battery Site near Cottondale, Florida. The site was contaminated with 
lead and other heavy metals as the result of battery cracking 
operations conducted at the site from approximately 1970 to 1980. The 
consent decree requires the settlors to pay the following amounts: Gulf 
Coast Recycling, Inc.--$612,000; Southern Scrap Company, Inc.--
$205,000; Taracorp, Inc.--$309,000; and Dynamic Metals, Inc.--$75,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 30 days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC., 20530, and should refer to: 
United States v. Ben Shemper & Sons, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
699E.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Florida, 114 E. Gregory 
Street, Pensacola, Florida 32501; Office of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 
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., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31001 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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