[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06533]


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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, et al. v. 
Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:21-00538-MWB, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania on March 24, 2021.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of 
Environmental Protection, against Defendant Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 
pursuant to Sections 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1319(b) & (d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil 
penalties against the Defendant 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 Defendant to restore the impacted areas and/or perform 
mitigation and to pay a civil penalty.
    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 Laura J. Brown, 
Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice, Post Office Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, [email protected], and refer to 
United States, et al. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, DJ # 90-5-1-1-
20432.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 
Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 240 
West Third Street, Suite 218, Williamsport, PA 17701. 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. 2021-06533 Filed 3-29-21; 8:45 am]
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