# Federal Register #2026-20112

DOJ environmental consent decree notices and NMB information-collection notices

**Buyer:** Department of Justice
**Posted:** October 01, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-20112

This Federal Register notice covers environmental enforcement matters and information-collection notices, not a request to buy products or services.
- **Government offices:** U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Environment and Natural Resources Division; and National Mediation Board (NMB), Office of Legal Affairs.
- **Companies named:** **The Sherwin-Williams Company** and **Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC**.
- **Sherwin-Williams matter:** A proposed third modification to a consent decree would require Sherwin-Williams to carry out EPA’s groundwater remedy at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site in New Jersey. The remedy addresses deep groundwater and includes in-situ chemical oxidation, chemical reduction or sequestration, and enhanced bioremediation. The notice invites public comment.
- **Nucor matter:** A separate proposed consent decree concerns alleged Clean Air Act and Louisiana Environmental Quality Act violations at Nucor’s Direct Reduced Iron facility in Convent, Louisiana. It provides for injunctive relief and a $1.6 million penalty.
- **NMB matter:** The NMB seeks reinstatement, with nonsubstantive changes, of three information collections.
- **Procurement status:** No goods or contracted services are being solicited; no procurement quantities, part numbers, or contract value are provided.

### Description

The Department of Justice lodged a proposed third modification to a consent decree in United States v. The Sherwin-Williams Company, concerning the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek, Route 561 Dump, and United States Avenue Burn Sites in New Jersey. The modification would require Sherwin-Williams to perform the groundwater remedy selected by EPA for the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site. The notice opens a public comment period, with comments due within 30 days after publication. The proposed modification and attached statement of work are available through the Justice Department website.

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