[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24432]


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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. 
Hertrich et al., Case No. 1:10-cv-03068-JKB, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Maryland on September 28, 
2012.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Frederick W. Hertrich, III and Charles Ernesto, 
pursuant to Sections 301(a) and 309(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1311(a) & 1319(d), to obtain injunctive relief 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, and requiring 
Defendant Hertrich to impose a deed restriction on a portion of his 
property.
    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 Amanda Shafer 
Berman, Environmental Defense Section, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to United 
States v. Hertrich et al., DJ  90-5-1-1-18877.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 101 W. 
Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. In addition, the proposed Consent 
Decree may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-24432 Filed 10-3-12; 8:45 am]
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