Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 173 / Friday, September 10, 2021 / Notices 50745 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 

Act 

On August 30, 2021, the Department 

of Justice filed a complaint and lodged 

a proposed consent decree with the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Montana in the lawsuit 

entitled United States v. Northern 

Cheyenne Utilities Commission, Civil 

Action No. 1:21-cv-00094–SPW–TJC. 

The United States filed this lawsuit 

against the Northern Cheyenne Utilities 

Commission (‘‘Defendant’’) for 

violations of the Clean Water Act at the 

Lame Deer Wastewater Treatment 

Facility (‘‘Facility’’). The Facility is 

operated and maintained by the 

Defendant and located in Lame Deer, 

Montana, within the exterior boundaries 

of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation. The Complaint seeks 

injunctive relief and civil penalties for 

the following violations of the Clean 

Water Act: Unpermitted discharge of 

pollutants from the Facility, 

noncompliance with the terms and 

conditions of the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(‘‘NPDES’’) permit issued to the Facility, 

and Defendant’s failure to comply with 

the requirements of an administrative 

Order for Compliance issued to 

Defendant by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency on 

July 7, 2015 (Docket No. CWA–08– 

2015–0020). 

Under the proposed Consent Decree, 

Defendant will perform injunctive relief, 

including: Completion of certain 

Facility related physical improvements; 

the acquisition and maintenance of 

equipment spare parts; development of 

a Plan of Operations to operate and 

maintain the Facility in a manner 

consistent with its NPDES permit and 

the Clean Water Act; training and hiring 

of certified waste operators; 

development of an annual Facility 

budget; completion of an interim service 

rates study and implementation of 

service rates based on the study; 

development of an updated billing and 

collection policy; and development of a 

communication and notification plan to 

improve coordination on issues related 

to wastewater collection and treatment 

services provided by Defendant. In 

addition, Defendant will pay a 

$1,500.00 civil penalty, based on certain 

ability to pay limitations. The Consent 

Decree resolves the civil claims alleged 

by the United States in the Complaint. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Consent Decree. Comments on the 

Consent Decree should be addressed to 

the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States v. Northern Cheyenne Utilities 

Commission, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1– 

11646. 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: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department website: 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 $53.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

without the appendices and signature 

pages, the cost is $12.50. 

Jeffrey Sands, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19569 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

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. Acquest Transit, LLC, et 

al., No. 09–cv–55, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of New York on 

September 3, 2021. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against Defendants 

Acquest Transit, LLC, Acquest 

Development LLC, and William L. 

Huntress, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1319, 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 make a payment to the New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation Natural Resource Damages 

Fund. 

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 

Tsuki Hoshijima, Post Office Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611, 

pubcomment_eds.enrd@usdoj.gov and 

refer to United States v. Acquest 

Transit, LLC, et al., DJ # 90–5–1–1– 

18377. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the Western 

District of New York, 2 Niagara Square, 

Buffalo, NY 14202. In addition, the 

proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined electronically at http://

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

Cherie Rogers, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Defense Section, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19507 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0137] 

Systematic Assessment for How the 

NRC Addresses Environmental Justice 

in Its Programs, Policies, and Activities 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On July 9, 2021, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

requested comments as part of its 

systematic review for how NRC 

programs, policies, and activities 

address environmental justice. 

Specifically, the NRC requested input 

on how the agency is addressing 

environmental justice, considering the 

agency’s mission and statutory 

authority. The information will be used 

to inform the agency’s assessment of 

how it addresses environmental justice. 

The public comment period was 

originally scheduled to close on August 

23, 2021 and was extended to 

September 22, 2021. The NRC has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period to allow more time for members 

of the public to develop and submit 

their comments. 


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