[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7627-7628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3299]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 16, 2010, a proposed 
Consent Decree was filed with the United States District Court for the 
District of Nebraska in United States et al. v. City of West Point, et 
al., No. 08-00293 (D. Neb.). The proposed Consent Decree entered into 
by the United States, the State of Nebraska, Mark Peckham, and Peckham, 
Inc. (f/k/a West Point Dairy Products, Inc.), resolves the United 
States' and State of Nebraska's claims against Mark Peckham and 
Peckham, Inc. (``Defendants'') under the pre-treatment requirements of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), 40 CFR part 
403 and 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1317, related to their discharges to the 
Publicly Owned Treatment Works in West Point, Nebraska. Under the terms 
of the Consent Decree, the Defendants shall pay a civil penalty to the 
United States of $175,000 and a civil penalty to the State of $175,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either emailed 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 et al. v. City of West Point, et al., DJ Ref. 
No. 90-5-1-1-09326.
    The proposed Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, 487 Federal Building, 100 
Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508, and at the Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 N. 5th St., Kansas City, KS 66101. 
During the public comment period, the proposed Agreement may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
Agreement may also be

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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 $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-3299 Filed 2-19-10; 8:45 am]
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