[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 26932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07995]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of 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.
Villegas, Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-962, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 10, 2024.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Defendants Thomas and Amy Villegas, pursuant to
33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 33 U.S.C. 1319(b), to obtain injunctive relief
from the Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging
pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States. The Clean
Water Act violations concern filling, grading, and excavation
activities conducted in Lincoln County, Nebraska, along a braided
channel of the Platte River. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these
allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore impacted areas.
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 by mail to Phillip
Dupr[eacute], United States Department of Justice, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, or by email to
[email protected] and refer to United States v. Villegas,
DJ No. 90-5-1-1-22164.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 901 19th
Street, Denver, CO 80294. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may
be examined electronically at https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-07995 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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