[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 6497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2427]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean 
Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 31, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree was filed with the United States District Court for the District 
of Kansas in United States v. Orval Kent Food Company, Inc., No. 2:11-
cv-02057-JAR-JPO (D. Kansas). The proposed Consent Decree entered into 
by the United States and the company resolves the United States' claims 
against the Orval Kent for civil penalties and injunctive relief 
pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319. Under the terms of the 
Consent Decree, Orval Kent will pay the United States a civil penalty 
of $390,000, for excessive discharges of pollutants to the publicly-
owned treatment works operated by the city of Baxter Springs, Kansas. 
In addition, Orval Kent will increase its monitoring of its discharges, 
and if necessary, install additional treatment. Further, Orval Kent 
will undertake a fish re-stocking project at a cost of $32,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for an additional 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 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. Orval Kent Food Company, DJ Ref. No. 
90-5-1-1-09625.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, 500 State Ave. Suite 
360. Kansas City, KS 66101 (913) 551-6730, and at the Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street 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 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 $8.50 (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. 2011-2427 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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