[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65509-65510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26811]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7 and Department of Justice policy, notice is 
hereby given that on October 14, 2010 a proposed Consent Decree with 
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP (``Georgia-Pacific'') was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin in a case captioned United States and the State of Wisconsin 
v. NCR Corp., et al., Case No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis.). The Complaint in 
that case alleges claims against Georgia-Pacific and eleven other 
defendants concerning polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at the 
Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund Site in northeastern Wisconsin 
(the ``Site'').
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve the United States' and 
the State's claims against Georgia-Pacific on terms and conditions set 
forth in the Consent Decree. Under the proposed settlement, Georgia-
Pacific would stipulate that it is liable, along with other defendants, 
for performance of all required cleanup work at the Site downstream 
from a line across the River slightly upstream of the company's paper 
mill in the City of Green Bay. Georgia-Pacific would in turn receive a 
covenant not to sue and statutory contribution protection for portions 
of the River upstream from that line. As

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part of the overall agreement, Georgia-Pacific would waive objections 
to the cleanup remedy that has been selected by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources (``WDNR'') and it would waive objections to an Administrative 
Order for Remedial Action issued by EPA. Finally, Georgia-Pacific would 
pay $7 million toward the government's unreimbursed past costs and the 
government's expected future costs of overseeing the ongoing cleanup 
work that is being performed under the EPA Administrative Order.
    The United States intends to hold a public meeting regarding the 
Consent Decree in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d). The 
meeting will be held at the Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street in 
Green Bay, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, 2010. 
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, EPA, and WDNR will 
attend the public meeting to provide information and answer questions 
concerning the Consent Decree. Formal comments relating to the Consent 
Decree will not be accepted in oral form at the public meeting. Any 
such comments should be submitted in writing as described below.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and mailed either 
electronically to [email protected] or in hard copy to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. 
Comments should refer to United States and the State of Wisconsin v. 
NCR Corp., et al., Case No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-1045/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The offices of the 
United States Attorney, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Room 530, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin; and (2) the offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois. 
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 Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 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 $10.50 (42 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-26811 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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