[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 52679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20987]


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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 of America 
v. Mark and Amanda St. Pierre, Civil Action No. 1:08-cv-177 (D. Vt.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Vermont on September 3, 2008.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Mark and Amanda St. Pierre, pursuant to sections 
309(b), 309(d) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b), 
1319(d) and 1344, 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 and perform 
mitigation and to pay a civil penalty. The Consent Decree also provides 
for the Defendants to perform a supplemental environmental project.
    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 Joshua M. Levin, 
Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 
23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986, and refer to United States of America 
v. Mark and Amanda St. Pierre, DJ  90-5-1-1-17229/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Federal Bldg, 
5th Floor, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Scott A. Schachter,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-20987 Filed 9-9-08; 8:45 am]
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