[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 50111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19889]


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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. Port of 
Tacoma, et al., No. 11-cv-05253-RJB, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Washington on August 5, 
2013.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against the Port of Tacoma, Scarsella Brothers, Inc., 
Waka Group, Inc., and DEMCO, Inc., pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1311, 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 State of 
Washington was also named as a party to the case, as required by 33 
U.S.C. 1319(e), and is a signatory to the proposed Consent Decree. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the allegations against the Port of 
Tacoma, Scarsella Brothers, Inc., and Waka Group, Inc., by requiring 
those Defendants to restore the 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 Austin D. 
Saylor, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to 
United States v. Port of Tacoma, et al., DJ  90-5-1-1-18939.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, 
700 Stewart Street, Suite 2310, Seattle, WA 98101. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically 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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