[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26517]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree regarding the United 
States' claims against Defendants in United States v. Philip A. Smith, 
et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-05364-BHS, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Washington on October 6, 
2011.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Philip A. Smith and Kimberly G. Smith, pursuant 
to Section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and 
(d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties 
against the Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging 
pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves allegations against the Defendants by 
requiring Philip A. Smith to pay a contingent civil penalty if certain 
circumstances arise.
    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 Kent E. Hanson, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986 
and refer to United States v. Philip A. Smith, et al., DJ 90-
5-1-1-18599.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, 
1717 Pacific Avenue, Room 3100, Tacoma, WA 98402-3200. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-26517 Filed 10-13-11; 8:45 am]
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