[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61738-61739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25637]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 26, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Newport Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., 
and Carroll Concrete Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-228, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Vermont.
    In this action, the United States seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against Newport Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., and 
Carroll Concrete Company, Inc. (``Defendants'') for violations of the 
Clean Water Act. These

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violations include unauthorized discharges of storm and process water 
at three concrete ready-mix plants in Vermont, one concrete ready-mix 
plant in New Hampshire, and one pre-cast concrete block plant in New 
Hampshire. The Consent Decree requires the Defendants to, among other 
things, pay a $200,000 penalty and implement employee training, 
facilities inspections, and other practices to prevent unauthorized 
storm water discharges.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. 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. Newport Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., and 
Carroll Concrete Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-228, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-09769.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
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 $13.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs of Consent Decree and Appendices) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in that 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-25637 Filed 10-4-11; 8:45 am]
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