[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57969-57970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18198]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    On August 18, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Mark 
Ford, Mark Ford Stables, Inc., Mark Ford Stage Road Property, Inc., and 
Ford Equine Ltd., Civil Action No. 19 Civ. 9600.
    The United States filed this lawsuit seeking injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from 
the defendants' unpermitted filling of wetlands and channelization of 
streams, unpermitted discharge of process wastewater and other 
pollutants from a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, and violation 
of the terms of a construction stormwater permit. The consent decree 
requires the defendant to perform injunctive relief, including the 
restoration of approximately eighteen acres of wetlands and the 
restoration of two streams, and to pay a $200,000.00 civil penalty.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Mark Ford, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
1-1-11797. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $7.75 (25 cents per page

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reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Patricia McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-18198 Filed 8-23-23; 8:45 am]
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