[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40750-40751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14845]


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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, 38 FR 19029, notice is hereby given 
that on May 29, 2002, a Consent Decree was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in United 
States v. Boston Sand and Gravel Co., et al., Civil Action No. 02-
10999-JLT. A complaint in the action was also filed simultaneously with 
the lodging of the Consent Decree. In the complaint the United States, 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges 
that the defendants Boston Sand & Gravel Co. (``BS&G'') and two of its 
wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ossipee Aggregates Corporation 
(``Ossipee''), and Southeastern Concrete, Inc. (``Southeastern''), 
violated the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., (``CWA'') at 
several facilities owned and operated by the defendants in 
Massachusetts. The violations alleged in the complaint include 
discharges of process waste water without a permit; violations of EPA 
storm water permitting requirements; and failure to comply with 
requirements relating to Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure 
Plans. The consent decree requires BS&G to pay a civil penalty of 
$897,983; achieve compliance with applicable provisions of the CWA; 
expend at least $445,000 on a supplemental environmental project; and 
undertake compliance audits and an environmental management systems 
audit with respect to the defendants' Massachusetts facilities.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. Boston Sand and Gravel Co., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-
1-07134.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 9200, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02110, and at the Region I office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a

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$16.50 payable to the ``U.S. Treasury.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14845 Filed 6-12-02; 8:45 am]
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