[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 31975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12518]


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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. John 
Thomas Byrd, Civil Action No. 4:12-cv-53-BO, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
Eastern Division, on May 6, 2013.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against John Thomas Byrd, pursuant to Section 301(a) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to obtain injunctive relief 
from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant for violating the 
Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into waters of the United 
States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by 
requiring the Defendant to restore impacted areas 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 Martin F. 
McDermott, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044 and refer to United States v. John Thomas Byrd, DJ 
90-5-1-1-19320.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, 310 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27601, or any other Clerk's 
Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina, with the exception of 
Elizabeth City. 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 and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12518 Filed 5-24-13; 8:45 am]
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