[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40609-40610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19260]


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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. Union Pacific Railroad Company, No. 2:09-CV-01453 (D. Nev.), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Nevada 
on August 6, 2009.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Union Pacific Railroad Company, pursuant to 
sections 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and 
(d), to obtain injunctive relief and civil penalties against Union 
Pacific Railroad Company for the unauthorized discharge of pollutants 
in Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada, in violation of sections 301(a), 
402, and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1342, & 1344, 
and for failure to timely submit information in violation of section 
308 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1318. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves these allegations by requiring Union Pacific Railroad Company 
to restore the impacted areas, to perform mitigation, and to pay a 
civil penalty.
    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 Andrew J. Doyle, 
Trial Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, 
Washington, DC 20026, and refer to United States v. Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, DJ  90-5-1-1-17847.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas, or 
via the court's case management and electronic docketing system at 
https://ecf.nvd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/ShowIndex.pl. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at

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http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environment & Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-19260 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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