[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 78385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30772]


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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, et al. v. 
Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Civil Action No. 5:13-cv-00170-FPS, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of West Virginia on December 19, 2013.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the State of West Virginia against Chesapeake 
Appalachia, LLC. The United States asserts claims 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 without a 
permit into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves these allegations, as well as the claims asserted by the State 
of West Virginia, by requiring the Defendant to restore the impacted 
areas and/or perform mitigation 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 Kenneth C. 
Amaditz, Environmental Defense Section, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC, 20044, and refer to United 
States, et al. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, DJ  90-5-1-1-
19241.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, 1125 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. 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. 2013-30772 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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