[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57084-57085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21306]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with United States Department of Justice policy, 28 
CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 15, 2004, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Old Dutch Mustard Company, Inc., d/
b/a Pilgrim Foods (``Pilgrim''), Civil Action No. 1:04-CV-346, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Hampshire.
    The Consent Decree resolves Clean Water Act claims arising from 
Pilgrim's operation of a food processing plant in Greenville, New 
Hampshire. the Complaint alleges: (1) A failure to apply for a NPDES 
permit for storm water discharges to a brook from a vinegar tank farm 
storage area; (2) discharge of storm water from the tank farm area 
without a permit; (3) the direct discharge of certain process waste

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waters to the brook without a permit; (4) an oil spill which occurred 
in 1998; and (5) failure to timely prepare an oil spill prevention, 
control, and countermeasure (SPCC) plan in relation to Pilgrim's oil 
storage facilities on the site.
    The Consent Decree imposes civil penalties in the amount of 
$190,000 and injunctive relief including construction of berms around 
the tank farm, other material storage areas, and hazardous substance 
storage tanks; completion of improvements to liquid materials and 
products delivery, conveyance, storage, and loading systems; and 
revision of the SPCC plan.
    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, 
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. Old Dutch Mustard Company, Inc., d/b/a Pilgrim Foods, 
(U.S.D.C., D.N.H.), D.O.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07145.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Federal Building, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New 
Hampshire, 03301 and at the Region I Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 110-SEL, Boston, MA 
02114-2023. 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $15.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-21306 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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