[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06044]
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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. John
Raftopoulos, et al., Civil Action No. 1:20-CV-03166-SKC, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on
March 18, 2021.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Defendants John Raftopoulos, Diamond Peak Cattle
Company, LLC, and Rancho Greco Limited, LLC, pursuant to Section 309 of
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 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 complaint also seeks to obtain injunctive
relief and damages from the Defendants for violating Sections 302, 303,
and 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
U.S.C. 1732, 1733 and 1740, and for trespass on federal public lands.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the
Defendants to restore the impacted areas and to pay civil penalties and
damages.
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 Alan Greenberg,
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Environmental Defense Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 370,
Denver, CO 80202, [email protected], and refer to United
States v. Raftopoulos, et al., DJ #90-5-1-1-21104.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Alfred A.
Arraj Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294. In addition, the
proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-06044 Filed 3-23-21; 8:45 am]
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