[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 54182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22054]


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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. Thomas 
J. Byrd, Jr., Civil Action No. 19-cv-18601, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday, 
October 2, 2019.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Thomas J. Byrd, Jr., pursuant to Section 301 of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, and Section 10 of the Rivers and 
Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. 403, to obtain injunctive relief from and impose 
civil penalties against the Defendant for conducting earthmoving 
activities that resulted in the unauthorized discharge of dredged or 
fill material into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves these allegations against the Defendant by requiring 
the Defendant to conduct specific restoration activities, under the 
supervision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
    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 Allan Urgent, 
Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Attorney's Office, District of 
New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Suite 700, Newark, NJ 07102 and refer to 
United States v. Thomas J. Byrd, Jr., 19-cv-18601 (DJ #90-5-1-1-20812).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office 
at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 50 
Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 07102. For other locational information, 
please visit https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/. 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. 2019-22054 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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