[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11681-11682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03688]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Smith 
Farm Enterprises, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 2:13-CV-00024-RGD-LRL, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Virginia on January 16, 2013.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Smith Farm Enterprises, L.L.C., pursuant to 
Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, to obtain 
injunctive relief and recover civil penalties from the Defendant for 
alleged violations of the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants 
into waters of the United States without and in violation of required 
Clean Water Act permits. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendant to restore impacted areas, 
perform mitigation and pay a civil penalty.
    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 David J. Kaplan, 
Senior Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and refer to United States v. Smith Farm Enterprises, L.L.C., DJ 
90-5-1-7-19117.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Walter E. Hoffman

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United States Courthouse, 600 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
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