[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7331-7332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02419]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed; Amended Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Air Act

    On February 3, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Amended 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 Amended 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

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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 Amended Consent 
Decree, which amends the Consent Decree that was lodged originally on 
December 14, 2018, Settling Defendants have agreed to pay a penalty of 
$600,000, and implement three substitute Supplemental Environmental 
Projects valued at $1.8 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. 2020-02419 Filed 2-6-20; 8:45 am]
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