EPA v. FOX RIVER NRDA/PCB RELEASES - CONSENT DECREE W/ KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP. (CERCLA)

Case summary

Kimberly-Clark would pay the United States and the State a total of $1,350,000 under this de minimis settlement pursuant to CERCLA Section 122. $950,000 of the funds deposited in the Court Registry Account) shall be disbursed to the State and deposited in a segregated fund under the direction of WDNR, in accordance with payment instructions provided by the State, to be retained and used to conduct or finance response actions at or in connection with the Site, or to be transferred to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. $175,000 shall be deposited in the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund Site Special Account within the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund, to be retained and used to conduct or finance response actions at or in connection with the Site. The remaining $225,000 (plus all accrued interest on $225,000 of the funds deposited in the Court Registry Account) shall be deposited in a Site-specific sub-account within the NRDAR Fund, to be managed by DOI for the joint benefit and use of the Trustees to pay for natural resource damage restoration projects jointly selected by the Trustees and/or to be applied toward natural resource damage assessment costs incurred by DOI and the State.

Defendants (1)

• Kimberly-Clark CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FOX RIVER NRDA/PCB RELEASES

  FOX RIVER AND GREEN BAY, GREEN BAY, WI, 54302

  Registry ID: 110009317284

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122G — Administrative De Minimis Settlement
• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FOX RIVER NRDA/PCB RELEASES - CONSENT DECREE W/ KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP. (CERCLA)entered 2014-12-15

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2014-03-19Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2014-03-26Complaint Filed With Court
• 2014-03-26Final Order Lodged
• 2014-03-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-12-15Final Order Entered