[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27504]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Air 
Act

    On December 14, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Arkansas in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, 
Case No. 1:18-cv-01076-SOH.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United 
States and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (``ADEQ'') 
under Sections 113(b)(2) and 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 
U.S.C. 7413(b)(2) and 7412(r), as well as Arkansas Code Annotated 
Sec. Sec.  8-4-103 et seq., that Settling Defendants violated the New 
Source Performance Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants and the Chemical and Accident Prevention Provisions for 
Air Programs at their chemical and paper/pulp plants located in 
Crossett, Arkansas. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Settling 
Defendants have agreed to pay civil penalties of $600,000, half to be 
paid to the United States and half to the State, implement three 
supplemental environmental projects valued at $1.8 million and 
implement a mitigation project valued at $2.9 million to resolve the 
governments' claims.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer 
Operations LLC, Case No. 1:18-cv-01076-SOH, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
11705. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days 
after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted 
either by email or by mail:

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            To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, DC 20044-
                                             7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $13.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-27504 Filed 12-19-18; 8:45 am]
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