[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03664]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On February 9, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington in the lawsuit entitled United States of America 
v. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-00210.
    The Complaint initiating this matter seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. Section 1319, against Trident Seafoods 
Corporation, the owners and/or operators of seafood processing 
facilities in Sand Point and Wrangell, Alaska.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendant would be enjoined from 
discharging pollutants except as authorized by the NPDES permits, 
required to remediate the Sand Point seafood wastepile and to take 
specified steps to reduce foam discharges to ocean waters, and required 
to complete an independent evaluation of Trident's internal corporate 
environmental management system. The proposed Consent Decree also 
mandates compliance with the CWA and Trident's NPDES permits, and 
payment to the United States of a civil penalty for past violations.
    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 of America v. Trident Seafoods 
Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11200. 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 email..........................  [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 website: 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 $3.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-03664 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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