[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 5516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01978]


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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. Mashni, 
et al., Case No. 2:18-cv-02288-DCN, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, 
on January 26, 2022.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Paul Edward Mashni; PEM Residential, LLC; PEM 
Real Estate Group, LLC; Finish Line Foundation II, Inc.; Kiawah River 
Farms, LLC; Kiawah River Excavating & Earthworks, LLC; KRF XSL, LLC; SC 
Investment Holdings, LLC; and SC Investment Holdins, LLC (collectively 
``Defendants''), pursuant to Sections 301, 309, and 404 of the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1319, and 1344, 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 proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendants to pay a civil penalty, 
effectuate compensatory mitigation, and be subject to other injunctive 
relief.
    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 Johanna 
Valenzuela, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's 
Office for the District of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, 
Columbia, SC, 29201, or to [email protected] and refer to 
United States v. Mashni, et al., Case No. 2:18-cv-02288-DCN, DJ # 90-5-
1-4-21393.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined 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 District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, 85 Broad 
Street, Charleston, SC 29401. However, the Clerk Office's may limit 
public access due to the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 emergency.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01978 Filed 1-31-22; 8:45 am]
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