New Indy Containerboard Legal Update
New Indy Containerboard Legal Update
New Indy Containerboard Legal Update
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
) C/A No.: 0:21-cv-02053-SAL
Plaintiff, )
) NOTICE OF LODGING OF CONSENT
v. ) DECREE
) AND
NEW INDY CATAWBA, LLC, ) REQUEST THAT THE COURT TAKE
) NO ACTION UNTIL A MOTION FOR
Defendant. ) ENTRY IS FILED
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The United States of America respectfully lodges with the Court a proposed Consent
Decree. Exhibit 1.
The proposed Consent Decree is contingent upon a public comment period, so the United
States requests that the Court not sign the Consent Decree until the United States files a Motion
for Entry. Pursuant to Paragraph 81 of the proposed Consent Decree, and in accordance with the
procedures of 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, the public will have 30 days in which to submit comments to the
United States Department of Justice on the proposed Consent Decree. The 30-day period will begin
on the date notice of the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree is published in the Federal
Register. If, after reviewing the public comments, the Department of Justice concludes that the
proposed Consent Decree should be entered, the United States will inform the Court of any public
comments received and any responses thereto and will move for entry of the Consent Decree as a
Plaintiff therefore respectfully requests that this Court receive the proposed Decree for
lodging only and that it abstain from acting upon the Consent Decree until the period for public
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comment has expired and the Plaintiff has moved for entry of the proposed Consent Decree.
Respectfully submitted,
COREY F. ELLIS
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
TODD KIM
Assistant Attorney General
STEVEN O’ROURKE
Environmental Enforcement Section
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
(202) 514 2779
Mass. Bar # 565493
[email protected]
OF COUNSEL:
Marirose J. Pratt
Associate Regional Counsel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
December 29, 2021