[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 95 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 27849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2411]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 30, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Hudson Sand and Gravel, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 07-CV-00128-SM, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Hampshire.
    In this action, the United States sought a civil penalty and 
injunctive relief for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1251, et seq., and its implementing regulations, in connection with a 
sand and gravel mining operation located off Pettingill Road in the 
town of Londonderry, New Hampshire owned and/or operated by the 
settling defendants. Specifically, the United States alleged that the 
settling defendants discharged stormwater from the property into waters 
of the United States without an appropriate permit, in violation of 33 
U.S.C. 1311 and 1318, and that the settling defendants discharged 
pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit from the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers, in violation of 33 U.S.C. 1344. 
The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to implement 
injunctive relief, including obtaining a proper stormwater permit for 
the property and delineating all wetlands on the property and 
undertaking appropriate restoration, if necessary. The Decree also 
requires the settling defendants to pay $250,000 civil penalty.
    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, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected], or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Hudson Sand and Gravel, Inc., et al., D.J. 
Ref 90-5-1-1-08363.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, 
Room 352, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, and at U.S. EPA Region 1, 1 
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 (contact John 
Kilborn). During the public comment period, the Consent Decree also may 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
also may 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 $11.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, if by email 
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-2411 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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