[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 796-797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00444]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
On January 3, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled United States and the
State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 10-cv-910.
In 2010, the United States and the State of Wisconsin filed this
action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675. The United States and the State
brought claims against P.H. Glatfelter Company (``Glatfelter''),
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP (``Georgia-Pacific''), and other
defendants for recovery of response costs and natural resource damages,
as well as enforcement of an administrative cleanup order issued by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), concerning
polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in sediment at the Lower Fox
River and Green Bay Superfund Site in northeastern Wisconsin (the
``Site''). Most of the original defendants entered into earlier, court-
approved settlements with the United States and the State.
The proposed Consent Decree with Glatfelter and Georgia-Pacific
would end this litigation on agreed terms and conditions. Glatfelter
would pay a total of $20.5 million--with $20 million applied toward
EPA's unreimbursed past response costs and $500,000 applied toward
natural resource damages--and Glatfelter would pay all future EPA and
State costs of overseeing the remaining work at the Site. Glatfelter
would dismiss its pending appeal of a separate consent decree that
requires a prior settler, NCR Corporation, to finish all dredging and
sediment cap installation work at the Site. Glatfelter and Georgia-
Pacific also would agree to perform all required
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long-term monitoring and cap maintenance work under the new settlement.
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 United States and the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corp.,
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1045/3. Interested parties also may
request a public meeting in the affected area pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
6973(d). All comments and meeting requests must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice.
Comments and meeting requests 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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
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 $20.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-00444 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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