[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4610]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Between the United States of 
America and Idaho Department of Transportation, Under the Clean Water 
Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 3, 2006, a 
proposed Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') with the Idaho 
transportation Department in the case of United States v. Scarsella 
Brothers, Inc. and the Idaho Department of Transportation, Civil Action 
No. 04-428, has been lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Idaho.
    This Consent Decree resolves the United States' pending claims 
against Idaho Transportation Department pursuant to section 309(b) and 
(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), for violations 
of the Act's requirements governing the discharge of storm water. The 
violations occurred during a road building project in northern Idaho. 
Under the terms of the ITD Consent Decree ITD shall: (1) Pay a civil 
penalty of $495,000 and (2) undertake various actions which shall 
increase the training of its employees and increase the nature and 
quality of its efforts to inspect for and comply with storm water 
regulations.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Scarsella Brothers, Inc. and the Idaho Department of 
Transportation, Civil Action No. 04-428, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-08052.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Idaho, Washington Park Plaza IV, 800 Park 
Blvd., Suite 600, Boise, Idaho, and at U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 6th 
Ave., Seattle, Washington. During the public comment period, the 
Consent Decree may be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 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 e-mailing a request ot Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), 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 $8.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for 
payment.

Robert Maher,
Assisant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4610 Filed 5-16-06; 8:45 am]
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