Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

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.

Idlewild Acres, LLC, et al.

, Case No. 1:16-cv-11967, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on September 30, 2016.

This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Defendants Idlewild Acres, LLC and Peter M. Wild, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants 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 Defendants to restore the 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 Phillip R. Dupré, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to

United States

v.

Idlewild Acres, LLC, et al.

, DJ # 90-5-1-1-19681.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1 Courthouse Way, Suite 2300, Boston, MA 02210. 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. 2016-24432 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]

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