[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30904]


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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. 
XTO Energy, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-00218-IMK, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Clarksburg Division, on December 22, 2014.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the State of West Virginia against XTO Energy, Inc., 
pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 
and the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, W. Va. Code Chapter 
22, Article 11, et seq., to obtain injunctive relief from, and impose 
civil penalties on, the Defendant in connection with alleged discharges 
of pollutants at various locations in Harrison, Marion, and Upshur 
Counties in West Virginia and 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 and/or perform 
mitigation and to 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 Kenneth C. 
Amaditz, 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. XTO Energy, Inc., DJ # 90-5-1-1-19518.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Clarksburg Division, 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. 2014-30904 Filed 1-5-15; 8:45 am]
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