[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 22107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10815]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Barretts Minerals Inc., Civil Action No. 02-62-M-DWM, was lodged with 
the United States Court for the District of Montana on April 9, 2002.
    The consent decree resolves claims pursuant to section 309(d) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(d), for past violations of permit 
limits for nitrate plus nitrite and total suspended solids, and for 
failures to monitor stream flow rates. The decree obligates defendant 
Barretts to pay a civil penalty of $40,000. The decree also requires 
that Barretts expend at least $74,000 to implement a supplemental 
environmental project consisting of rehabilitation of a roadway along 
Stone Creek, in Madison County, Montana, to control stormwater run-off 
and sediment deposition.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. Each communication should 
refer on its face to United States v. Barretts Minerals Inc., DOJ # 90-
5-1-1-06884.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Montana, 105 East Pine 
Street, Missoula, MT 59601; and the Region VIII Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 
80202. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by faxing 
a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent Decree 
Library, fax number (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation (202) 514-1547. 
In requesting a copy, please forward the request and a check in the 
amount of $8.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury, referencing the DOJ Consent Decree Library, United 
States v. Barretts Minerals Inc., DOJ #90-5-1-1-06884, to the first-
class mail address listed above.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-10815 Filed 5-1-02; 8:45 am]
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