[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17489]


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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 July 16, 2009, a proposed de minimis 
party consent decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States, et al. v. 
George A. Whiting Paper Co., et al., Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-00692 was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin.
    In this action the United States and the State of Wisconsin sought 
to recover unreimbursed costs incurred for response activities 
undertaken in response to the release and threatened release of 
hazardous substances from facilities at and near the Lower Fox River 
and Green Bay Site in northeastern Wisconsin and damages for injury to, 
loss of, or destruction of natural resources in order to compensate for 
and restore natural resources injured by the release of hazardous 
substances into the environment at the Site.
    The eleven settling defendants are: George A. Whiting Paper Co.; 
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District; Green Bay Packaging, Inc.; 
Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District; International Paper 
Co.; Lafarge North America Inc.; Leicht Transfer & Storage Co.; Neenah 
Foundry Co.; The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co., Union Pacific 
Railroad Co.; and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. The Consent Decree 
reflects the conclusion of the United States and the State of Wisconsin 
that each of the Settling Defendants qualifies for treatment as a 
CERCLA Section 122(g) de minimis party. The proposed Consent Decree 
requires the Settling Defendants to make a collective payment of 
$1,875,000.
    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 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-1045/7.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 530 Federal Building, 
517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, and at U.S. EPA Region 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. 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 ([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 $10.75 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-17489 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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