[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17846]


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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. Richard 
M. Osborne, Sr., et al., Case No. 1:11-cv-2039-CAB, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on 
August 10, 2018.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendants Richard M. Osborne, Sr., Great Plains 
Exploration, LLC, Center Street Investments, Inc., Callendar Real 
Estate Development Company, LLC, and Osair, Inc., pursuant to Sections 
301(a), 309(b), and 309(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  
1311(a), 1319(b), and 1319(d), 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 
by requiring the Defendants to restore the impacted areas and 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 Phillip R. 
Dupr[eacute], United State Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611 and refer to United States v. Richard M. Osborne, Sr., et al., 
Case No. 1:11-cv-2039-CAB, DJ #90-5-1-1-18628.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Carl B. 
Stokes United States Courthouse, 801 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, 
OH 44113. 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. 2018-17846 Filed 8-17-18; 8:45 am]
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