[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07001]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act

    On March 30, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
amendment to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Virginia in United States v. Reynolds Metals 
Company, et al., Civil Case No. 3:97-cv-00226 (E.D. Va.).
    The original Consent Decree was entered on November 5, 1997, and 
resolved civil claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act at the HH, Inc. Superfund site 
(``Site''). The Consent Decree, as amended, required reimbursement of 
costs incurred by the EPA and the United States Department of Justice 
for response actions at the Site by the Original Settling Parties, as 
well as performance of studies and response work at the site consistent 
with the National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR part 300 (as amended) 
(``NCP'').
    The parties to the Consent Decree have agreed to certain 
modifications set forth in an amendment to the Decree. The amendment 
provides for the incorporation of EPA's Record of Decision Amendment 
relating to the Site signed on May 26, 2020 (``2020 ROD Amendment''), 
which modifies the groundwater portion of the Selected Remedy at the 
Site. Previously, a High Vacuum Extraction (``HVE'') system was used to 
extract and treat groundwater at the Site. In 2011, with EPA approval, 
the system was shut down due to diminishing containment recovery rates. 
The modified Selected Remedy replaces the HVE system with Enhanced 
Bioremediation (EB), a system which EPA has determined is both more 
cost-effective and will take a shorter amount of time to extract 
contaminants from the groundwater.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed modifications to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Reynolds 
Metals Company, et al., DJ# 90-11-3-1408, Civil Case No. 3:97-cv-00226 
(E.D. Va.). 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 amendments to 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 proposed amendments 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 $2.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-07001 Filed 4-5-21; 8:45 am]
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