[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 7108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01687]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 
E. Lipar, et al., Civil Action Number 4:10-cv-01904, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on 
January 19, 2021.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendants Thomas E. Lipar, LGI Land, LLC, LGI 
Group, LLC, and LGI Development, Inc., pursuant to Sections 301 and 404 
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344, to obtain remedies 
against them 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 effectuate compensatory mitigation, conduct best 
management practices work, and be subject to other injunctive relief.
    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 Michele Walter 
and Andrew Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, [email protected], and 
refer to United States v. Thomas E. Lipar, et al., DJ # 90-5-1-1-18564.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at 
http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 515 Rusk Street, 
Houston, TX 77002. However, the Clerk's Office may limit public access 
due to the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 emergency. Please visit 
www.txs.uscourts.gov or call 713-250-5500 for more information.

Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-01687 Filed 1-25-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P