[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 58043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23946]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Settlement and Judgment 
Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    On August 31, 2011, a proposed Stipulation of Settlement and 
Judgment (the ``Stipulation'') in United States v. The Links at 
Columbia, LP and Lindsey Construction Company, Inc., No. 2:11-cv-04232-
NKL, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Missouri. Both defendants signed the proposed Stipulation.
    In this action the United States sought a civil penalty for 
violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., in the 
course of the defendants' construction of The Links at Columbia, a 
large residential development in Columbia, Missouri. The Complaint 
alleged that the defendants violated conditions of National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') storm water permits issued by 
the State of Missouri. Construction is complete.
    By signing the proposed Stipulation, the defendants certify that 
they have ceased the violations alleged in the Complaint. In addition, 
the proposed Stipulation will require the defendants will pay a 
$430,000 civil penalty for the violations.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed 
Stipulation. 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. The comments 
should refer to United States v. The Links at Columbia and Lindsey 
Construction Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09277.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Stipulation may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Western District 
of Missouri, Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse, 400 East Ninth Street, 
Room 5510, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, or on the Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy may 
be obtained by mailing a request to the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. When 
requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check payable to the U.S. 
Treasury in the amount of $26.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost). 
A copy may also be obtained by e-mailing or faxing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood, [email protected], fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547, and mailing a check for the 
reproduction cost to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-23946 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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