[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26671]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act, Clean Water Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
ALLTEL Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:03CV-0792 WRW (E.D. Ark.) was 
lodged with the court on October 2, 2003.
    The proposed decree resolves certain claims of the United States 
against ALLTEL Corporation under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq., the Federal Clean Water Act, 22 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. and the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001 et 
seq. for civil penalties and injunctive relief to redress violations 
occurring at numerous of ALLTEL's facilities located across the United 
States. Under the decree, ALLTEL is required to pay a civil penalty of 
$1,058,000 and is subjected to injunctive relief designed to ensure 
future compliance.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. ALLTEL Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:03CV-0792 WRW (E.D. 
Ark.), DOJ Ref. 90-5-1-1-07300.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 425 West 
Capital Avenue, Suite 500, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov.enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the 
Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury. Copies of the appendices to the Consent Decree are 
also available at an additional charge of 25 cents per page.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-26671 Filed 10-21-03; 8:45 am]
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