Justice Department
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice On September 16, 2026, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States of America and the State of North Carolina v. Domtar Paper Company, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:26-cv-00172. The lawsuit was initiated by a complaint filed by the United States and the State of North Carolina (the “Trustees”) in their capacity as the legally designated trustees for natural resources in North Carolina. The complaint alleged, inter alia, that the Defendant was liable for damages for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources resulting from the release of hazardous substances at and from the Plymouth Mill Superfund Site (the “Site”) near the Town of Plymouth, North Carolina, pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. The Consent Decree resolves the claims of the Trustees against the Defendant for a total payment of $1,905,000. Of this amount, $1,750,000 will be paid into the United States' Damage Assessment and Restoration Revolving Fund (“DARR Fund”) managed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, through the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, to fund future projects to restore injured natural resources near the Site. The remaining $155,000 will be paid to the U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Res…
Citation: 91 FR 60982
