[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 153 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44857-44858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3867]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Order in United States v. Country Acres Farm, Inc., Civil Action No. 
07-07-B-W was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Maine.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief relating to alleged violations of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., arising out of Country Acres Farm's 
operation of a concentrated animal feeding operation, located in 
Dixmont, Maine. Country Acres Farm's dairy operations generated 
significant amounts of process-generated waste water which was alleged 
in the Complaint to have discharged to waters of the United States. The 
Consent Order requires the implementation of remedial work to clean up 
manure storage lagoons and other activities, which will minimize or 
eliminate the risk of additional discharges at the Country Acres Farm 
Site, by memorializing Defendant's commitment to effect the 
remediation. The Consent Order provides a mechanism through which EPA 
may evaluate the performance of Defendant's independent contractor and 
retains the Court's exercise of jurisdiction over issues relating to 
Defendant's performance of the remediation and (with EPA's approval of 
completion of the remediation) purges Defendant and its president of an 
Order for Contempt, entered by the Court on July 24, 2007. The Consent 
Order does not resolve the United States' claims for final injunctive 
relief or for payment of a civil penalty.
    In light of the importance of concluding the remedial work as soon 
as possible, the Department of Justice will receive for a period of 
fourteen (14) days from the date of this publication comments relating 
to the Consent Order. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2f2a3d3c3032323a312b723a3a2c713a312d3b1f2a2c3b303571383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="24545146474b4949414a50094141570a414a5640645157404b4e0a434b52">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Country Acres Farm, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
09068.
    The Consent Order may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Maine, 100 Middle Street Plaza, East Tower 
Sixth Floor, and at U.S. EPA Region 1, One Congress Street-SEL, Boston, 
MA 02114. During the public comment period, the Consent Order may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site:
    http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent Order 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 e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2a6bdbcbbb3fcb4beb7b7a6a5bdbdb692a7a1b6bdb8fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb8f9495929ad59d979e9e8f8c94949fbb8e889f9491d59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 (25 cents per

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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.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3867 Filed 8-8-07; 8:45 am]
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