[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19592]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 10, 1997, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Darling International, Inc., Civil No. 97-
1611, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Minnesota. This Consent Decree resolves claims against Darling 
International, Inc. (``Darling''), for violations of Sections 301 of 
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311, and a National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit issued pursuant to 
Section 402 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1342. The alleged violations concern 
Darling's discharge of certain pollutants from its rendering plant in 
Blue Earth River and its tributary, Coon Creek, and its failure to 
properly sample and report on such discharges from the plant.
    The Consent Decree requires Darling to: (1) Achieve and maintain 
compliance with specified effluent limits, (2) undertake certain 
engineering analysis of its wastewater treatment facility, (3) conduct 
compliance audits assessing compliance of its facility with a wide 
range of environmental laws, and (4) pay $300,000 in civil penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v. 
Darling International, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4410.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
Stats Attorney, District of Minnesota, 600 United States Courthouse, 
300 South Fourth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55415, at the 
Region V Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 200 West Adams 
Street, Chicago, Illinois, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19592 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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