[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 76958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28045]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 507 notice is hereby given that on December 10, 
2004, a proposed Consent Decree in the case of United States v. MW 
Custom Papers, LLC et al. Civil Action No. 1:04-CV-383, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
recovery of response costs under Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, to remedy conditions in connection with the 
release or threatened release of hazardous substances into the 
environment at the Tennessee Products Superfund Site in Chattanooga, 
Tennessee (hereinafter referred to as the ``Site''). The Settlors under 
the proposed Consent Decree, MW Custom Papers, LLC, Reilly Industries, 
Inc., and Southern Wood Piedmont Company, each arranged for the 
disposal of hazardous substances at the Site.
    Under a proposed Consent Decree, the Settlors have agreed to 
perform the remedy chosen by EPA to clean up the Site, and to pay $6.35 
million which will go towards the cleanup and partial reimbursement of 
EPA's past response costs. The United States has also agreed to pay 
$17.4 million in settlement of its liability at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. MW Custom Papers, LLC et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1709/
1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303--Attn: William Sapp. During the public 
comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.
    A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b4f5455525a155d575e5e4f4c54545f7b4e485f5451155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c081312151d521a101919080b1313183c090f181316521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the Decree 
from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $95.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for 380 pages) payable 
to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 
exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a check in the amount of $21.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost for 85 pages) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 04-28045 Filed 12-22-04; 8:45 am]
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