[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 14279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05439]


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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. A. 
Derek Hoyte, et al., Case No. C10-2044BHS, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Washington on 
February 28, 2014.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendants Derek A. Hoyte, Columbia Pacific 
Enterprises, Inc., and Columbia Crest Partners LLC, in part pursuant to 
Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 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 these allegations by requiring the Defendants to 
restore the impacted areas and to pay a civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the Clean Water Act aspects of this proposed Consent Decree for thirty 
(30) days from the date of publication of this Notice. Please address 
comments to Brian C. Kipnis, Assistant United States Attorney, Office 
of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 
5220 United States Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, Seattle, Washington 
98101 and refer to United States v. Derek A. Hoyte, et al., Case No. 
C10-2044BHS, U.S.A.O. 2010V00667.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in 
Seattle, located at 700 Stewart Street, Suite 2310, Seattle, Washington 
98101, or in Tacoma, located at 1717 Pacific Avenue, Room 3100, Tacoma, 
Washington 98402. 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.
[FR Doc. 2014-05439 Filed 3-12-14; 8:45 am]
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