[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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