[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22121]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Addendum to Consent Decree Under the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, the Clean Water 
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 25, 2011, 
a proposed First Addendum to Consent Decree in United States, et, al. 
v. INVISTA, S.[agrave] r.l, Civil Action Number 1:2009-cv-00244, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Delaware.
    The Consent Decree in this matter was entered on July 28, 2009. The 
Consent Decree resolves claims against INVISTA S.[agrave] r.l. 
(``INVISTA'') brought by the United States on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') under the Emergency Planning 
and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), 42 U.S.C. 11001 to 11050; the 
Clean Water Act (CWA), 42 U.S.C. 1251 to 1387; the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 to 6992k; the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 
136 to 136y; Section 103(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 to 
9675; the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300f to 300j-26; 
and the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q (hereinafter 
``Environmental Requirements''). The Consent Decree also resolves the 
claims against INVISTA brought by the State of Delaware Department of 
Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the State of South 
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, and the 
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Board.
    The First Addendum to Consent Decree modifies deadlines for benzene 
waste NESHAP program enhancements at two INVISTA facilities in Orange 
and Victoria, Texas. The First Addendum extends the time for INVISTA to 
elect between two options for further benzene emission reductions and 
extends the time to implement the selected option. INVISTA will 
continue to comply with the benzene NESHAP throughout this period.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 30 days 
from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the 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. INVISTA, S.a.r.l, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
08892.
    The proposed First Addendum to Consent Decree may 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 
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 
number (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy of the Consent Decree from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 (.25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-22121 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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