[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 164 (Thursday, August 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7106]


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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 August 8, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. University of Miami, Civil Action Number 06-
22000-CIV-JORDAN, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Florida.
    In this action the United States sought, under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9607, recovery of response costs incurred by the Army Corps 
of Engineers in response to releases of hazardous substances at a site 
located on land that was formerly the Richmond Naval Air Station, in 
Perrine, Florida. Under the Consent Decree, the Defendant will pay 
$393,473 for past response costs associated with the site, and the 
United States gives a covenant not to sue for past response costs 
associated with the site.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. University of Miami, DOJ Ref. 90-11-
3-08486.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 99 NE 4th Street, 
Miami, Florida. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent 
Decree may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
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 $4.25 (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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7106 Filed 8-23-06; 8:45am]
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