40898 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 25, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that a proposed 

consent decree in United States et al. v. 

J.H. Berra Construction Company, Inc., 

et al., Civil action No. 07–01268, was 

lodged on July 12, 2007 with the United 

States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Missouri. The United States 

and the State of Missouri filed this 

action pursuant to the Clean Water Act 

and Missouri Clean Water Law to obtain 

civil penalties and injunctive relief to 

address violations of stormwater 

pollution control permits issued 

pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the 

Missouri Clean Water Law and 

violations of the Clean Water Act’s 

prohibition on unpermitted discharges. 

The action involves violations at three 

construction sites in Missouri: The 

Enclaves at Cherry Hills, a 130-acre 

residential development located in the 

City of Wildwood; the Countryshire 

Development, a 150-acre residential 

development in O’Fallon; and Seckman 

Lake Estates, a 120-acre construction 

site in Jefferson County. 

The Consent Decree, with resolves 

claims by the United States, the State of 

Missouri, and the City of Wildwood, 

Missouri, requires the defendants, J.H. 

Berra Construction Co. Inc., a land 

developer in the St. Louis, Missouri 

areas, and four associated companies 

(JHB Properties Inc., J.H. Berra Holding 

Co. Inc., JMB No. 2 LLC, and CMB 

Rhodes LLC), to pay a penalty of 

$590,000 and to reimburse more than 

$52,000 to the State of Missouri and the 

City of Wildwood for their investigation 

and enforcement costs. The consent 

decree also requires the defendants to 

institute a program to improve training 

and implementation of storm water 

controls at future construction sites, to 

implement remedial plans for the 

pollution caused by their violations, and 

to pay for mitigation of the impact of 

their violations on Foxwood Estate Lake 

and Lake Chesterfield. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments, relating to the proposed 

consent decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division, and either mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

Sates et al. v. J.H. Berra Construction 

Co, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90–5–1–1–

08444. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney, Thomas Eagleton U.S. 

Courthouse, 111 S. 10th Street, 20th 

Floor, St. Louis, MO 63102, and at the 

Region VII Office of the Environmental 

Protection Agency, 901 N. 5th Street, 

Kansas City, KS 66101. During the 

public comment period, the proposed 

consent decree may also be examined 

on the Department of Justice Web site, 

at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.htm. A copy of the 

proposed consent decree may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611 or by faxing or emailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1574. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$26.50 (or $17 for a copy that omits the 

exhibits and signature pages) (25 cents 

per page reproduction cost) payable to 

the U.S. Treasury or, if by 

e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 

amount to the Consent Decree Library at 

the stated address. 

Robert E. Maher, Jr. 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3643 Filed 7–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Solicitation for grant 

applications. 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 

07–01. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 17.603. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Labor, Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), is making 

$500,000 available in grant funds for 

educational and training programs to 

help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe 

working conditions in and around 

mines. The focus of these grants will be 

on training and training materials for 

mine rescue and mine emergency 

preparedness in underground coal 

mines. Applicants for the grants may be 

States and nonprofit (private and 

public) entities. MSHA could award as 

many as 10 separate grants with a 12- 

month period of performance. The 

amount of each individual grant will be 

at least $50,000. This notice contains all 

of the necessary information needed to 

apply for grant funding. 

DATES: Grant applications must be 

received electronically by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on August 24, 2007, the 

application deadline date. Applicants 

must contact the MSHA Directorate of 

Educational Policy and Development 

office listed on the announcement at 

least one week prior to the application 

deadline date, (or no later than 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on Friday, August 13, 2007) 

to speak to a representative who can 

provide assistance to ensure that 

applications are submitted online by the 

closing date. Requests for extensions to 

this deadline will not be granted. MSHA 

will award grants on or before 

September 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for grants 

submitted under this competition must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Government-wide site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. If applying online 

poses a hardship to any applicant, the 

MSHA Directorate of Educational Policy 

and Development will provide 

assistance to ensure that applications 

are submitted online by the closing date. 

MSHA’s Web page at www.msha.gov is 

a valuable source of background for this 

initiative. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions regarding this solicitation for 

grant applications (SGA 07–01) should 

be directed to Robert Glatter at 

Glatter.Robert@dol.gov or at 202–693–

9570 (this is not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

solicitation provides background 

information and the critical elements 

required of projects funded under the 

solicitation. It also describes the 

application submission requirements, 

the process that eligible applicants must 

use to apply for funds covered by this 

solicitation, and how grantees will be 

selected. Further information regarding 

submitting the grant application 

electronically is listed in Section IV.C, 

Submission Date, Times, and Addresses. 

This solicitation consists of eight parts: 

• Part I provides background 

information on the Brookwood-Sago 

grants. 

• Part II describes the size and nature 

of the anticipated awards. 

• Part III describes the qualifications 

of an eligible applicant. 

• Part IV provides information on the 

application and submission process. 


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