[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02449]


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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, et al. v. 
Antero Resources Corp., Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-00020-TSK, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Clarksburg Division, on February 11, 2019.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the State of West Virginia against Antero Resources 
Corporation, pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1311(a), 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 on, the Defendant in connection with 
alleged discharges of pollutants at various locations in Harrison, 
Doddridge, and Tyler Counties in West Virginia and 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, 
perform mitigation, 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 Patrick R. 
Jacobi, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense 
Section, Denver Place Building, 999 18th Street, Suite 370--South 
Terrace, Denver, CO 80202, and refer to United States, et al. v. Antero 
Resources Corp., DJ #90-5-1-1-19240.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Clarksburg Division, 500 West Pike Street, Room 301, 
Clarksburg, WV 26302. 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. 2019-02449 Filed 2-14-19; 8:45 am]
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