Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

Federal RegisterJan 21, 2016

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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.

Satcher Properties, LLC,

Civil Action No. 3:16-cv-00112-JFA, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on January 13, 2016.

This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Satcher Properties, LLC, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344, 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 by requiring the Defendant to restore the impacted areas or to submit an after-the-fact permit application and to perform mitigation and to pay a civil penalty. The proposed Consent Decree also provides for the defendant to perform an Environmental Compliance Promotion Project.

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 Beth Drake, First Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, South Carolina and refer to

United States

v.

Satcher Properties, LLC,

Civil Action No. 3:16-cv-00112-JFA, USAO File No. 2013V01042.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (Columbia Division), Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Courthouse, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at

http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.

Cherie L. Rogers,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 2016-01109 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]

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