[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 44376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21325]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, the 
Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed consent decree with 
Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corporation in the case captioned United 
States and the State of Wisconsin v. Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 01-C-0816 (E.D. Wis.) was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on 
August 14, 2001. The complaint filed in the case by the United States 
and the State of Wisconsin (the ``Plaintiffs'') alleges that Appleton 
Papers Inc. and NCR Corporation (the ``Defendants'') are parties liable 
for response costs and injunctive relief associated with the release 
and threatened release of hazardous substances from facilities at or 
near the Fox River/Green Bay Site in northeastern Wisconsin (the 
``Site''), pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    The proposed consent decree sets forth the terms of a proposed 
interim settlement between the Plaintiffs and the Defendants. Under the 
interim settlement, the Defendants would agree to pay up to $10 million 
each year for four years ($40 million in total) to fund cleanup-related 
response action projects and natural resource damage restoration 
projects to be selected by the responsible governmental agencies. The 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department of 
Natural Resources would jointly select the cleanup projects and the 
Federal, State, and Tribal natural resources trustees would jointly 
select the restoration projects. The funding for cleanup projects would 
allow an early start on some facets of the cleanup at the Site. The 
restoration projects would be designed to restore or protect natural 
resources at the Site, or natural resources equivalent to those injured 
at the Site. In addition to the $40 million to be paid for cleanup and 
restoration projects, the Defendants would pay $1.5 million toward 
natural resource damage assessment costs incurred by the U.S. 
Department of the Interior.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States and the State of Wisconsin v. 
Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corporation, Civil Action No. 01-C-0816 
(E.D. Wis.), and DOJ Reference Numbers 90-11-2-1045 and 90-11-2-1045Z.
    An electronic copy of the proposed consent decree is posted on the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's web site at www.epa.gov/region5/foxriver and on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource's web site 
at www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/lowerfox. A signed copy of the 
proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. 
Courthouse and Federal Building--Room 530, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (contact Matthew Richmond (414-297-1700)); 
and (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (contact Peter Felitti (312-
886-5114)). Copies of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting copies, please refer to 
the above-referenced case name and DOJ Reference Numbers, and enclose a 
check made payable to the Consent Decree Library for $14.50 (58 pages 
at 25 cents per page reproduction cost).

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-21325 Filed 8-22-01; 8:45 am]
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