[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 79614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32110]


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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 and Stipulation and Order 
in United States, et al. v. James C. Justice, II, et al., No. 1:15-cv-
16018, were lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of West Virginia (Bluefield Division) on December 10, 
2015.
    The proposed Consent Decree and Stipulation and Order concern a 
complaint filed by the United States and the State of West Virginia, by 
and through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 
against James C. Justice, II, the James C. Justice Companies, Inc., and 
High Mountain Living, LLC, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1319 and 1344, 
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 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 
against Defendants James C. Justice, II and the James C. Justice 
Companies, Inc. by requiring the Defendants to restore the impacted 
areas, perform mitigation as needed, and pay a civil penalty. The 
Stipulation and Order resolves the allegations against Defendant High 
Mountain Living, LLC by requiring the payment of a civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree and Stipulation and Order for thirty (30) 
days from the date of publication of this Notice. Please address 
comments to Austin D. Saylor, 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. James C. Justice, II, et al., DJ #90-5-1-1-
20019.
    The proposed Consent Decree and Stipulation and Order may be 
examined at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the 
Southern District of West Virginia (Bluefield Division), 601 Federal 
Street, Room 2303, Bluefield, WV 24701. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree and Stipulation and Order may be examined electronically 
at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-32110 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am]
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