[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-147]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to Section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that on January 3, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America v. Domtar Paper Company LLC, Civil 
Action No. 4:11-cv-00002, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
    In this action the United States sought to require the Defendant 
Domtar Paper Company LLC to conduct remedial design and remedial action 
to address releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at 
the Domtar Paper Company LLC (formerly Weyerhaeuser Company) Plymouth 
Wood Treating Plant Superfund Site (``Site'') near the town of Plymouth 
in Martin County, North Carolina. The United States also sought to 
recover past and future costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the performance of 
response actions at the Site.
    Under the Consent Decree, the Defendant will perform the remedial 
design and remedial action at Operable Unit 2, the lower 
Roanoke River, pursuant to the September 24, 2008 Record of Decision 
(ROD). The remedy provides for monitored natural recovery with fine-
layer core sampling, sediment sampling for mercury, analysis for dioxin 
in surface water, annual inspection of fish advisory signs, and annual 
review of habitat reports. The Defendant will also reimburse the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund in the amount of $3.2 million for EPA's 
response costs at the Site incurred before March 27, 2009 and will 
reimburse all of EPA's costs incurred at or in connection with Operable 
Unit 2 after March 27, 2009.
    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 of America v. Domtar Paper Company LLC, Civil Action No. 
4:11-cv-00002 (E.D.N.C.), DOJ Ref. 90-11-3-07838/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, 310 New Bern 
Avenue, Suite 800, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, and at EPA Region 4, 
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 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 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 refer to United States of America v. Domtar Paper 
Company LLC, Civil Action No. 4:11-cv-00002 (E.D.N.C.), DOJ Ref. 
90-11-3-07838/3, and enclose a check in the amount of $58.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-147 Filed 1-7-11; 8:45 am]
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