[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 31260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11653]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    On May 9, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent 
decree with the United States District Court for the District of 
Minnesota in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of 
Minnesota v. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, Civil Action 
No. 16-1205.
    The United States and the State of Minnesota filed this lawsuit 
under the Clean Water Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for violations of Defendant's National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit issued by the State to 
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's sugar beet processing 
facility in Renville County, Minnesota. The consent decree requires the 
defendant to perform injunctive relief, pay a $1,000,000.00 civil 
penalty (split evenly between the United States and the State), and pay 
restitution to the State of $49,155.83.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and the State of Minnesota v. Southern 
Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10696. All 
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the 
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by 
email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $17.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $7.50.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-11653 Filed 5-17-16; 8:45 am]
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