Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 3199 [2021-00689]

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[FR Doc. 2021–00746 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act On December 29, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Case No. 1:20–cv– 00556. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States’ claims, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Department of the Interior, as Federal Trustees, joined by the State of Texas, on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas General Land Office, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as State Trustees, pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and the Texas Hazardous Substances Spill Prevention and Control Act, Texas Water Code §§ 26.261– 26.267, for the recovery of damages for injury to, destruction of, loss of, and loss of use of natural resources and their services resulting from the release of hazardous substances at and from the Beaumont Works Industrial Park Complex into the West Marsh Site located in Beaumont, Texas. Plaintiffs are trustees for those natural resources. The proposed Consent Decree resolving VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:43 Jan 13, 2021 Jkt 253001 these claims provides for Settling Defendants to implement a Restoration Project that entails recording a conservation easement on a 500-acre tract of valuable but otherwise unprotected habitat near the injured area (the ‘‘Acquisition Property’’) to compensate for the natural resource damages. The Restoration Project also includes the performance of baseline biological monitoring of the Acquisition Property, annual monitoring of Acquisition Property, and legal enforcement of the Conservation Easement. The Decree also provides for payments by Settling Defendants totaling $198,853 to reimburse the Trustees’ costs of assessment and for payment of the Trustees’ Future Costs of overseeing the Restoration Project. 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 et al. v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Case No. 1:20-cv-00556, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3– 10852. 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: To submit comments: Send them to: By e-mail ...... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https:// 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. Kenneth G. Long, Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2021–00689 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) On December 16, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent decree with the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Delaware, Civil Action No. 1:20–cv–01703–UNA. The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) against the state of Delaware. The complaint seeks recovery of past costs that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) incurred in responding to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at a former landfill at the Governor Bacon Health Center/Fort DuPont State Park in New Castle County, Delaware. Under the consent decree, Delaware agrees to pay $1,889,992.30 of EPA’s past response costs, while the United States Department of Defense (Settling Federal Agency) agrees to pay $1,700,993.07 of EPA’s past response costs. In return, the United States agrees not to sue Delaware under Sections 107 and 113 of CERCLA, and Delaware agrees not to sue the United States for any portion of EPA’s past response costs, including under Sections 107 or 113 of CERCLA. 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. Delaware, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–11709. 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: To submit comments: By email ....... By mail ......... Send them to: pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 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 E:\FR\FM\14JAN1.SGM 14JAN1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 29, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. E. I. 
du Pont de Nemours and Company and The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Case 
No. 1:20-cv-00556. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United 
States' claims, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the United States Department of the Interior, as 
Federal Trustees, joined by the State of Texas, on behalf of the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas General Land Office, and 
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as State Trustees, pursuant to 
Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and the Texas 
Hazardous Substances Spill Prevention and Control Act, Texas Water Code 
Sec. Sec.  26.261-26.267, for the recovery of damages for injury to, 
destruction of, loss of, and loss of use of natural resources and their 
services resulting from the release of hazardous substances at and from 
the Beaumont Works Industrial Park Complex into the West Marsh Site 
located in Beaumont, Texas. Plaintiffs are trustees for those natural 
resources. The proposed Consent Decree resolving these claims provides 
for Settling Defendants to implement a Restoration Project that entails 
recording a conservation easement on a 500-acre tract of valuable but 
otherwise unprotected habitat near the injured area (the ``Acquisition 
Property'') to compensate for the natural resource damages. The 
Restoration Project also includes the performance of baseline 
biological monitoring of the Acquisition Property, annual monitoring of 
Acquisition Property, and legal enforcement of the Conservation 
Easement. The Decree also provides for payments by Settling Defendants 
totaling $198,853 to reimburse the Trustees' costs of assessment and 
for payment of the Trustees' Future Costs of overseeing the Restoration 
Project.
    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 et al. v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company and The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Case No. 1:20-cv-00556, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-10852. 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 e-mail...........................  [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 website: https://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.

Kenneth G. Long,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-00689 Filed 1-13-21; 8:45 am]
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