[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 42919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15296]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and Other Statutes

    On July 9, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of 
Texas v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Case No. 4:20-cv-02423, 
for violations of federal and state environmental laws during the 
production of agrichemicals at a manufacturing plant located in La 
Porte, Harris County, Texas.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United 
States and the State of Texas under (1) the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., implementing regulations and the 
delegated program under the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act (Texas 
Health and Safety Code ch. 361), (2) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 
et seq., implementing regulations, and Texas Clean Air Act (Tex. Health 
and Safety Code ch. 382), and (3) the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, 
et seq., implementing regulations, and the Texas Water Code ch. 26. The 
Consent Decree provides for payment of a civil penalty of $3,195,000 
($1,710,000 to the United States and $1,485,000 to the State of Texas), 
payment of attorneys' fees of $225,000 to the State of Texas, and 
performance of injunctive relief to resolve the violations alleged in 
the Complaint.
    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 State of Texas v. E.I. DuPont De 
Nemours and Company, Case No. 4:20-cv-02423, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
08181/3. 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 e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, D.C. 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 $10.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree or $14.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree and Appendices, payable to 
the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-15296 Filed 7-14-20; 8:45 am]
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