81 FR 92855 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 244 (December 20, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 92855]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30642]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 15, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Virginia in the lawsuit entitled United States and 
Commonwealth of Virginia, Secretary of Natural Resources v. E.I. du 
Pont de Nemours and Company, Civil Action No. 5:16-CV-00082.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims against E.I. du Pont de Nemours 
and Company (``DuPont'') for natural resource damages under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
the Clean Water Act, and the State Water Control Law relating to 
discharges of mercury from a former acetate fiber manufacturing 
facility in Waynesboro, Virginia. Under the Consent Decree, DuPont is 
required to pay certain unreimbursed government assessment costs, pay a 
total of $42,069,916.78 for natural resource restoration projects to be 
used by the natural resource Trustees for projects pursuant to the 
Restoration Plan for the site, and implement a fish hatchery project 
for modifications and improvements to the Front Royal Fish Hatchery.
    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 Commonwealth of Virginia, Secretary 
of Natural Resources v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-11-3-09419. All comments must be submitted no later than 45 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 Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: 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 $40.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $10.50.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-30642 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]
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