[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 71099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24748]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean 
Water Act

    On November 2, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Alabama in the lawsuit entitled United States and Alabama 
Department of Environmental Management v. Kronospan, LLC, Civil Action 
No. 1:20-cv-01720--ACA.
    The Complaint alleges violations of the pretreatment regulations 
under the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') at Kronospan's wood processing 
facility in Eastaboga, Calhoun County Alabama. The State of Alabama, 
Department of Environmental Management (``ADEM'') is a co-plaintiff in 
the civil action, alleging violations of the Alabama Water Pollution 
Control Act. The proposed Consent Decree requires the defendant to 
perform injunctive relief and pay a $900,000 civil penalty which will 
be split evenly between the United States and ADEM. In addition, the 
defendant will perform a project to install an evaporation system to 
reduce the frequency and total annual volume of process wastewater 
currently being treated by the Facility's pretreatment system and 
discharged to the publicly owned treatment works. The cost of the 
project is about $7.7 million.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and Alabama Department of 
Environmental Management v. Kronospan, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-
10934. 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 proposed 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 proposed 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 $45.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-24748 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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