[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 34907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12358]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 3, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of North Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 
Fred D. Godley, Jr.; 436 Cone Avenue, LLC, and F.D. Godley Number 
Three, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-00202-RJC-DSC. In the filed 
Complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges that the Defendants are liable 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for the response costs 
EPA incurred responding to the Pineville Mill Site, located at 436 Cone 
Ave., Pineville, North Carolina and for work EPA conducted at the Old 
Davis Site, located at 706 and 709 West End Avenue in Statesville, 
North Carolina, both of which one or more of the Defendants owned and/
or operated. The Consent Decree requires the Defendants to pay 
$1,250,000.00 million in a lump sum to the United States for the 
settlement of the allegations in the filed Complaint. The Consent 
Decree also requires Defendant Fred D. Godley to provide EPA notice, 
information, and access and ensure proper asbestos inspections and 
abatement whenever he undertakes demolition activities in the future on 
properties that he owns or controls.
    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 v. Fred D. Godley, Jr., 436 Cone Avenue, 
LLC, and F.D. Godley Number Three, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11692. 
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, 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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $6.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-12358 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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