[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22109-22110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10817]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
April 3, 2002 a proposed consent decree in United States v. MEC Oregon 
Racing, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 02-CV-433-HA, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
    In this action, which concerned the Portland Meadows race track 
complex located in Portland, Oregon, the United States alleged that MEC 
Oregon Racing, Inc., Thomas Moyer, and Portland Meadows Management, 
LLC, discharged and may continue to discharge wastewater and other 
pollutants from the stable and practice track areas, without 
authorization by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permit, in violation of the Clean Water Act. The consent 
decree requires Defendant Moyer to pay a $100,000 penalty and requires 
all Defendants, among other things, to (i) remove all horses from the 
complex and prevent their return until routing of process wastewater to 
a sanitary sewer is complete, (ii) immediately institute Best 
Management Practices to reduce discharge of process wastewater, (iii) 
pay stipulated penalties for any direct discharges of process 
wastewater occurring on or after February 15, 2002, (iv) apply for an 
NPDES permit, and (v) cease all unpermitted discharges by April 30, 
2005.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments on the proposed 
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. MEC Oregon Racing, Inc. et al., Civil Action 
No. 02-CV-433-HA, DOJ No. 90-5-1-1-06954/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1000 S.W. Third Avenue, Suite 600, Portland, 
Oregon 97204, and may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. To request a copy of the proposed consent decree by mail, 
please refer to United States v. MEC Oregon Racing, Inc. et al., Civil 
Action No. 02-CV-433-HA, DOJ No. 90-5-1-1-06954/1, and enclose a check 
for the amount of $9.00 (25 cents

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per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-10817 Filed 5-1-02; 8:45 am]
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