Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7 , notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Betteroads Asphalt Corporation, No. 02-1548(DRD), was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on April 9, 2002. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Betteroads Asphalt Corporation (“Defendant”) under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) , to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant for the unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States on the Rio Grande de Añasco, at the Municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico The proposed Consent Decree, among other things, (1) enjoins the Defendant from taking any actions that would discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States except in compliance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act and its implementing regulations, (2) requires the Defendant to pay civil penalties in the amount of $100,000.00; and (3) requires the Defendant to make an additional donation of $75,000.00 to the Fundacion para la Conservacion de la Paloma Sabanera, Inc. (Foundation for the Conservation of the Sabanera Pigeon). 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 Angeline Purdy, Trial…