[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 54290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21672]



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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, et al. v. 
Trans Energy, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-00117-FPS, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia on September 2, 2014.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the State of West Virginia against Trans Energy, Inc. 
pursuant to Section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1319(b) and (d), the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, W. Va. 
Code Sec.  22-11-22, and the West Virginia Dam Control and Safety Act, 
W. Va. Code Chapter 22, Article 14, to obtain injunctive relief from 
and impose civil penalties against the Defendant 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 Defendant to restore the impacted areas, 
perform mitigation, implement a compliance program, 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: Amanda Berman, 
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to United States, et al. v. 
Trans Energy, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-00117-FPS, DJ # 
90-5-1-1-19980.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, 500 West Pike Street, Room 301, Clarksburg, WV 26302. 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. 2014-21672 Filed 9-10-14; 8:45 am]
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