[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Chemspray Inc., et al., Civil No. 97-8922 CIV-DIMITROULEAS, 
was lodged on November 10, 1999, with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Florida (``Chemspray Decree''). The 
proposed Consent Decree would resolve certain claims under Section 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as amended, brought against 
defendants Hercules, Incorporated, NOR-AM Chemical Company, Knoll 
Pharmaceuticals f/k/a The Boots Company (USA), Inc., and Schwerman 
Trucking Company (collectively ``Settling Defendants''), to recover 
response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in 
connection with the release of hazardous substances at Chemspray Site 
in Pahokee, Florida. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling 
Defendants will pay $53,325.36 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund to 
reimburse the United States for Past Response Costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Chemspray, Inc., et. al., S.D. Fla., Civil No. 97-8922 CIV-
DIMITROULEAS, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1345.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the Region 4 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, 
Atlanta, GA 30303. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, Post Office Box 7611, 
Washington, DC. In requesting copies please refer to the referenced 
case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31624 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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