[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 31260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11653]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On May 9, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District Court for the District of
Minnesota in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of
Minnesota v. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, Civil Action
No. 16-1205.
The United States and the State of Minnesota filed this lawsuit
under the Clean Water Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and
civil penalties for violations of Defendant's National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit issued by the State to
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's sugar beet processing
facility in Renville County, Minnesota. The consent decree requires the
defendant to perform injunctive relief, pay a $1,000,000.00 civil
penalty (split evenly between the United States and the State), and pay
restitution to the State of $49,155.83.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and the State of Minnesota v. Southern
Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10696. All
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By e-mail........................... [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $17.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $7.50.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-11653 Filed 5-17-16; 8:45 am]
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