[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02353]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension to Public Comment Period for 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 United States' and the 
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's (``ADEQ'') claims 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 a penalty of $600,000, 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.
    Notice of the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree was originally 
published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2018. See 83 FR 65363 
(Dec. 20, 2018). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty 
(30) day period for public comment on the Consent Decree that ended on 
January 22, 2019. The publication of the current notice extends the 
period for public comment on the Consent Decree to February 28, 2019.
    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 February 28, 2019. 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. 2019-02353 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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