[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 23625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10071]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Filing of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act (``CWA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. P4 Production L.L.C., No. 11-00166-REB, was 
lodged in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. 
The Consent Decree settles the United States' claims alleged in the 
Complaint pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 
U.S.C. 1319. The Complaint relates to P4's South Rasmussen Mine, which 
is in southeast Idaho about 20 miles northeast of Soda Springs. The 
Consent Decree requires payment of a civil penalty of $1,400,000. The 
Consent Decree also includes injunctive relief which requires P4 to 
prevent leachate and certain storm water from its waste rock from 
discharging to the downstream creek and wetland.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments related to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. P4 Production L.L.C., No. 11-00166-REB (D. Idaho), 
Department of Justice Case Number 90-5-1-1-09868.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, District of 
Idaho, 800 Park Boulevard, Suite 600, Boise, Idaho. The Settlement 
Agreement may also be examined on the following Department of Justice 
Web site, http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 to 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 $9.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-10071 Filed 4-26-11; 8:45 am]
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