82 FR 7862 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 13 (January 23, 2017)

Page Range		7862-7862
FR Document		2017-01427

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act

    On January 13, 2017, the Department of Justice filed a complaint 
and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the District of Kansas in the lawsuit entitled United States 
v. The City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, Civil Action No. 17-cv-01014.
    In this action under 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (``SDWA'') and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 
CFR part 141, the United States sought civil penalties for violations 
of the Maximum Contaminant Level for nitrate of 10 milligrams per 
Liter. The proposed Decree requires Defendants to perform injunctive 
relief and pay to the United States civil penalties of $1,500.00 within 
thirty (30) days of the entry of the Decree.
    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. The City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11526. 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 Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
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without the exhibits and signature and maintenance of specially- In this action under 42 U.S.C. 300f et
pages, the cost is $15.00. engineered sediment containment caps seq. of the Safe Drinking Water Act
installed in some portions of the river. (‘‘SDWA’’) and the regulations
Robert Brook,
The United States and the State also promulgated thereunder at 40 CFR part
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
will continue their pursuit of cost 141, the United States sought civil
Natural Resources Division. recovery claims against one non-settling penalties for violations of the Maximum
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defendant, P.H. Glatfelter Company. Contaminant Level for nitrate of 10
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The publication of this notice opens milligrams per Liter. The proposed
a period for public comment on the Decree requires Defendants to perform
Consent Decree. Comments should be injunctive relief and pay to the United
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE addressed to the Assistant Attorney States civil penalties of $1,500.00
General, Environment and Natural within thirty (30) days of the entry of
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Resources Division, and should refer to the Decree.
Consent Decree Under the United States and the State of
Comprehensive Environmental Wisconsin v. NCR Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. The publication of this notice opens
Response, Compensation, and Liability No. 90–11–2–1045/3. All comments a period for public comment on the
Act must be submitted no later than thirty Consent Decree. Comments should be
(30) days after the publication date of addressed to the Assistant Attorney
On January 17, 2017, the Department General, Environment and Natural
this notice. Comments may be
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Resources Division, and should refer to
Decree with the United States District submitted either by email or by mail:
United States v. The City of Pretty
Court for the Eastern District of To submit Send them to: Prairie, Kansas, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–
Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled comments:
United States and the State of 11526. All comments must be submitted
Wisconsin v. NCR Corp., et al., Civil By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ no later than thirty (30) days after the
Action No. 10–cv–910. usdoj.gov. publication date of this notice.
In 2010, the United States and the By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, Comments may be submitted either by
State of Wisconsin filed this action U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. email or by mail:
under the Comprehensive Box 7611, Washington, DC
Environmental Response, 20044–7611. To submit Send them to:
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 comments:
U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (‘‘CERCLA’’). The During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@
United States and the State brought usdoj.gov.
claims against NCR Corporation and downloaded at this Justice
Department Web site: https:// By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General,
(‘‘NCR’’), Appvion, Inc. (‘‘Appvion’’), U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
and other defendants for recovery of www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. Box 7611, Washington, DC
response costs and natural resource We will provide a paper copy of the 20044–7611.
damages, as well as enforcement of an Consent Decree upon written request
administrative cleanup order issued by and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment During the public comment period,
the U.S. Environmental Protection
to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— the Consent Decree may be examined
Agency (‘‘EPA’’), concerning
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC and downloaded at this Justice
polychlorinated biphenyl contamination
in sediment at the Lower Fox River and 20044–7611. Department Web site: http://
Green Bay Superfund Site in Please enclose a check or money order www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_
northeastern Wisconsin (the ‘‘Site’’). for $17.50 (25 cents per page Decrees.html. We will provide a paper
Most of the original defendants entered reproduction cost) payable to the United copy of the Consent Decree upon
into earlier, court-approved settlements States Treasury. written request and payment of
with the United States and the State. reproduction costs. Please mail your
Randall M. Stone, request and payment to: Consent Decree
The proposed Consent Decree with
two remaining defendants—NCR and Acting Assistant Section Chief, Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Appvion—would require NCR to 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
continue and complete the ongoing Please enclose a check or money order
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sediment remediation work at the Site, for $11.75 (25 cents per page
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which is currently being performed reproduction cost) payable to the United
under EPA’s cleanup order. The States Treasury.
settlement requires NCR to finish most
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
of that work by the end of 2018, Susan Akers,
including the dredging and off-Site Notice of Lodging of Proposed Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
disposal of contaminated sediment Consent Decree Under the Safe Enforcement Section, Environment and
located in the last few miles of the Drinking Water Act Natural Resources Division.
Lower Fox River and Green Bay. In [FR Doc. 2017–01427 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
return, the United States and the State On January 13, 2017, the Department
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agree not to continue pursuing their of Justice filed a complaint and lodged
claims for the Site against NCR and a proposed Consent Decree with the
Appvion under sections 106 and 107 of United States District Court for the
CERCLA. Under EPA’s cleanup order District of Kansas in the lawsuit entitled
and prior court orders in the litigation, United States v. The City of Pretty
other defendants will have primary Prairie, Kansas, Civil Action No. 17–cv–
responsibility for long-term monitoring 01014.

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FR Citation		82 FR 7862