[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 16862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6912]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 23, 2012, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States of America v. Blacksburg Country Club, 
Inc., Case No. 7:12-cv-00087, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09770, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
    In this action the United States, acting at the request of the 
United States Department of the Interior (``DOI''), acting through the 
Fish and Wildlife Service (``FWS''), alleged claims against the 
Defendant Blacksburg Country Club, Inc. (``BCC''). These claims were 
for natural resource damages pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq., with respect to a release of hazardous substances 
allegedly caused by BCC at its golf course in Blacksburg, Virginia into 
the North Fork of the Roanoke River. This release, which occurred on or 
about July 9, 2007, resulted in injury and/or damage to natural 
resources under the trusteeship of DOI and FWS: Namely, the death of an 
estimated 169 Roanoke logperch, a federally endangered species. DOI 
incurred expenses responding to the release and assessing the injury to 
natural resources that it caused.
    Under the proposed consent decree, BCC has obligated itself to 
implement a Restoration Plan, described at Appendix A of the Consent 
Decree, consisting of six (6) separate projects to restore reaches of 
the North Fork of the Roanoke River in the vicinity of the golf course. 
It has also agreed to pay FWS' natural resource damage assessment costs 
of $18,964.34, and will pay future travel costs incurred by certain FWS 
personnel in monitoring implementation of the Restoration Plan.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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 of America v. Blacksburg Country Club, Inc., Case No. 
7:12-cv-00087, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09770.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html, maintained by the Department of Justice. 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 emailing a request to ``Consent Decree 
Copy'' ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $18.75 
(@ 25 cents per page reproduction cost) 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.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources. Division
[FR Doc. 2012-6912 Filed 3-21-12; 8:45 am]
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