[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 51516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20258]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Henkemeyer (D. Minn.), Civil Action No. 0:08-cv-05030-PJS-RLE, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Minnesota on August 27, 2008.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Gerome G. Henkemeyer, Henkemeyer Landfill, Inc., 
and Riley Bros. Construction, Inc. (collectively ``the Defendants'') 
pursuant to section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 
U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose 
civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the Clean Water 
Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the 
United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations 
by requiring the Defendants to restore the impacted areas, perform 
mitigation, and pay civil penalties.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Friedrich A.P. 
Siekert, Office of the United States Attorney for the District of 
Minnesota, 600 United States Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, 
Minneapolis, MN 55415, and refer to United States v. Henkemeyer (D. 
Minn.), DJ 90-5-1-1-17415.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 202 United 
States Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-20258 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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