[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 16231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06003]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act

    On March 16, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') with the United States District Court for 
the District of Alaska in the lawsuit entitled United States v. North 
Slope Borough, Civil Action No. 3:22-cv-00059-JWS.
    The proposed Decree will resolve alleged violations of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act arising from North Slope Borough's 
(``NSB'') solid and hazardous waste management practices, as well as 
alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, including failure to 
implement Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (``SPCC'') plans 
at 70 facilities and two unauthorized discharges. Under the terms of 
the Decree, NSB will close all unpermitted hazardous waste storage 
facilities; minimize generation and ensure proper tracking and 
management of solid and hazardous waste; build or retrofit a permitted 
hazardous waste storage facility; revise its SPCC plans; install 
adequate secondary containment around oil storage containers; and 
develop an integrity testing program for oil storage containers. NSB 
will pay a civil penalty of $6.5 million, and a third-party auditor 
will monitor its compliance with the terms of the Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States v. North Slope Borough, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-12099. 
All comments must be submitted no later than sixty (60) 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 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 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 $26.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06003 Filed 3-21-22; 8:45 am]
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