[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 65 (Thursday, April 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6854]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 28, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Atlanta Gas Light Company, et al., Civil 
Action No. 6:08-cv-00442-ACC-GJK (M.D. Fla.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims against: 
Atlanta Gas Light Company; City of Sanford; Florida Power & Light 
Company; Florida Power Corporation; and Florida Public Utilities 
Company (collectively the ``Settling Defendants''), for cost recovery 
and injunctive relief under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607, relating to the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances into the environment at or from the Sanford 
Gasification Plant Superfund Alternative Site (``Site'') located in 
Sanford, Seminole County, Florida.
    The Consent Decree requires Settling Defendants to undertake the 
remedial action selected by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency for the Site and to reimburse the United States for all of the 
government's past cost and future oversight cost incurred or to be 
incurred, plus interest, in connection with the remedial action at the 
Site. The estimated value of the cash payments and work performed by 
the Settling Defendants that the United States will receive under the 
terms of the Consent Decree is $12,703,224.58.
    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, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Atlanta Gas Light Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-07157.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States 
Attorney's Office, 500 W. Church Street, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 33805, 
and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public comment period, 
the Consent Decree may also 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 no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent 
Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $13.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy exclusive of appendices, 
or $110.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy including 
appendices 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 S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-6854 Filed 4-2-08; 8:45 am]
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