[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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