[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01109]


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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. Satcher 
Properties, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:16-cv-00112-JFA, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on 
January 13, 2016.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Satcher Properties, LLC, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 
1311(a) and 1344, 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 or to submit an 
after-the-fact permit application and to perform mitigation and to pay 
a civil penalty. The proposed Consent Decree also provides for the 
defendant to perform an Environmental Compliance Promotion Project.
    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 Beth Drake, 
First Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's 
Office, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, South Carolina and refer 
to United States v. Satcher Properties, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:16-cv-
00112-JFA, USAO File No. 2013V01042.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina 
(Columbia Division), Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Courthouse, 901 Richland 
Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree 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. 2016-01109 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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