[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 12036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04131]


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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 
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.
    On January 26, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register opening a period of public comment on the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days through 
February 25, 2021. By this notice, the Department of Justice is 
extending the public comment period through March 11, 2021. Comments 
should be addressed 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. 2021-04131 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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