[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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