Notice2021-27988
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
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Published
December 27, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 73348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27988]
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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 16, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Alcoa
Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 21-1694.
The United States filed a Complaint in this lawsuit under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA). The United States' complaint names Alcoa Corporation and the
City of East St. Louis, Illinois as defendants. The complaint requests
recovery of oversight and other response costs that the United States
incurred and will incur in connection with remedial efforts taken at
the former aluminum production plant on Missouri Avenue in East St.
Louis, Illinois that Alcoa Incorporated operated from 1903 to 1957. The
complaint also seeks an order requiring defendants to implement
remedial work at Operable Unit 2 of the North Alcoa Superfund
Alternative Site as selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency in a Record of Decision issued in June 2020. The defendants and
Howmet Aerospace, Inc., a company created after the separation of Alcoa
Incorporated in 2016, signed the proposed Consent Decree agreeing to
complete the work, estimated to cost $4.1 million, and to pay all of
the United States' future response costs at the site. In return, the
United States agrees not to sue the defendants or Howmet under sections
106 and 107 of CERCLA related to this work.
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. Alcoa Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref.
No. 90-11-3-10590/1. 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............................ <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c5c594e4f4341414942580149495f0249425e486c595f484346024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f6f6a7d7c7072727a716b327a7a6c317a716d7b5f6a6c7b707531787069">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees</a>. We will provide a paper copy of
the proposed 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 $45.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without Appendix A (the Record of Decision), the cost is only
$24.50.
Patricia Mckenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-27988 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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