[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06613]


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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. Town of 
Ramapo, New York, Civil Action No. 7:14-cv-01888-NSR, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 
on March 18, 2014.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendant Town of Ramapo, New York, pursuant to 
Sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 
1344(s), 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 and by 
failing to adhere to the conditions of a permit issued under 33 U.S.C. 
1344(s). The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by 
requiring the Defendant to 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 Assistant United 
States Attorney Andrew E. Krause, United States Attorney's Office, 
Southern District of New York, 86 Chambers Street, 3rd Floor, New York, 
NY 10007, and refer to United States v. Town of Ramapo, New York, USAO 
No. 2013V00629.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office 
of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New 
York, The Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and Courthouse, 
300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601-4150. 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. 2014-06613 Filed 3-25-14; 8:45 am]
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