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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 Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5696 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

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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 October 

31, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States of America v. The Kansas 

City Southern Ry. Co., Civil Action No. 

1:07–CV–1793, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of Louisiana. 

In this action the United States sought 

injunctive relief and recovery of costs 

under Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’) sections 106(a) and 

107, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, in 

connection with the release or 

threatened release of hazardous 

substances into the environment at the 

Ruston Foundry Superfund Site located 

at 1010 Bogan Street in Alexandria, 

Rapids Parish, Louisiana (‘‘the Site’’). 

The Consent Decree resolves the United 

States’ claims in connection with the 

Site against The Kansas City Southern 

Railway Co. (‘‘KCSR’’) under CERCLA 

sections 106 and 107, 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 

9607. Under the proposed Consent 

Decree, KCSR will (1) perform the 

remedy selected by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency for 

the Site; (2) pay $750,000 to the United 

States for response costs incurred 

through October 30, 2006; and (3) pay 

all response costs incurred by the 

United States after October 30, 2006. 

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, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States of America v. The Kansas City 

Southern Ry. Co., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–

08002. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 

800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2200, 

Lafayette, LA 70501, and at U.S. EPA 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 

75202. 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 

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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

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 $71.75 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) for a complete 

copy of the Consent Decree with all 

exhibits or $14.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) for a copy of the 

Consent Decree exclusive of exhibits. If 

the request is made by e-mail or fax, 

please forward a check in the 

appropriate amount to the Consent 

Decree Library at the stated address. The 

check should be payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr., 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5695 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Department 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Kenneth L. Mims and 

Leonard R. Cannon AKA Robby Cannon, 

Civil No. 2:07–cv–03624–PMD, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of South Carolina 

on November 8, 2007. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against Kenneth L. Mims 

and Leonard R. Cannon AKA Robby 

Cannon, pursuant to section 301(a) of 

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 

to obtain injunctive relief and impose 

civil penalties against the Defendants 

for violating the Clean Water Act by 

discharging fill material without a 

permit into waters of the United States. 

The proposed Consent Decree resolves 

these allegations by requiring the 

Defendants to pay a civil penalty. In 

addition, Defendants have agreed to a 

restoration plan which includes 

removing the sediment material 

deposited by the unpermitted dredging. 

The Department of Justice will accept 

written comments relating to this 

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

Notice. Please address comments to 

Emery Clark, Assistant United States 

Attorney, United States Attorney’s 

Office, Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 

1441 Main Street, Columbia, South 

Carolina 29201, and refer to United 

States v. Kenneth L. Mims and Leonard 

R. Cannon AKA Robby Cannon, United 

States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, Civil No. 2:07–cv–

03624–PMD. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, 901 Richland Lane, 

Columbia, South Carolina. In addition, 

the proposed Consent Decree may be 

viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. 

Stephen Samuels, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5690 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of First Amendment 

To Consent Decree Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’) 

Notice is hereby given that on October 

30, 2007, a proposed First Amendment 

to Consent Decree in United States v. 

Stauffer Management Company LLC and 

Bayer CropScience Inc., Civil Action 

No. 8:05–cv–1024, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Middle District of Florida. 

The proposed First Amendment to 

Consent Decree implements a 

modification to the CERCLA remedial 

action at the Stauffer Chemical 

Superfund Site in Tarpon Springs, 

Pinellas County, Florida (the ‘‘Site’’) 

adopted by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency through an 

Explanation of Significant Differences to 

the July 1998 Record of Decision with 

respect to Operable Unit 1 (Soils) at the 

Site. The remedy originally selected by 

EPA called for in-situ stabilization of 

contaminated sediments in wastewater 

ponds at the Site, using a cement slurry 

wall. During testing for the slurry wall, 

a reaction occurred between residual 

elemental phosphorus in the ponds and 

the slurry wall cement, resulting in a 

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