[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41448-41449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15235]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on June 4, 2002, a proposed Consent Decree in United States et al. 
v. Mulberry Phosphates, Inc., Civil Action No. 8-01-CV-692-T-23TGW, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Florida.
    In this action the United States sought natural resource damages 
for injuries to natural resources caused by a 1997 spill of over 50 
million gallons of process water into the Alafia River from a 
phosphoric acid/fertilizer production facility owned by defendant 
Mulberry Phosphates, Inc. in Mulberry, Florida. The Florida Department 
of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Commission 
of Hillsborough County are also parties to the settlement. Under the 
settlement, plaintiffs will recover: (1) Just over $3.65 million to 
plan, implement, and oversee projects to restore oyster reef, estuarine 
wetlands and riverine habitat in the affected watershed to compensate 
for the natural resource injuries caused by the spill, and (2) 
approximately $1 million to reimburse Federal, State and county 
agencies for costs each incurred in assessing the environmental 
damages.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States et al. v. Mulberry Phosphates, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1368.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Federal Court House, Sam 
M. Gibbons United States Courthouse, 800 N. Florida Avenue, Clerk's 
Office-Second Floor, Tampa, Florida, 33602. 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. 
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

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$14.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-15235 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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