[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27786-27787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12869]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 
19029, notice is hereby given that on May 16, 1995, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. James River Paper Company, Civil Action No. 
95-258-JD was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Hampshire resolving the matters alleged in a complaint 
filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent 
Decree concerns alleged violations by James River of Sections 309(b) 
and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), 
Sections 3008(a) and (g) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a) and (g), Section 109(c) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9609(c), and Section 325(b)(3) of the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (``EPCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
11045(b)(3), at pulp and paper mills operated by James River in Gorham 
and Berlin, New Hampshire.
    The CWA violations alleged in the complaint include: violations of 
the federal pretreatment standards and National Prohibited Discharge 
Standard; the unauthorized discharge of pollutants without a permit; 
and the discharge of pollutants in excess of levels allowed under a 
permit. The RCRA violation alleged in the complaint includes the 
disposal of hazardous waste without a permit. Finally, the CERCLA and 
EPCRA violations alleged in the complaint include the failure to timely 
report the spill of sulfuric acid at the pulp mill.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a 
civil penalty of $200,000 to the United States and will be required to 
comply with the Clean Water Act. In addition, the defendant will be 
required to install equipment at the pulp mill necessary to reduce 
certain sulfur emissions from wastewater effluent.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. James River Paper Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4123.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region I Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, and at the office of the United States Attorney, 
District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire, 
c/o Gretchen L. Witt, Assistant U.S. Attorney. Copies of the Consent 
Decree may also be examined at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. 
[[Page 27787]] Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) made payable to 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-12869 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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