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Notice07-36432007-07-25

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

Justice Department

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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 Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States et al. v. J.H. Berra Construction Company, Inc., et al., Civil action No. 07-01268, was lodged on July 12, 2007 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The United States and the State of Missouri filed this action pursuant to the Clean Water Act and Missouri Clean Water Law to obtain civil penalties and injunctive relief to address violations of stormwater pollution control permits issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Missouri Clean Water Law and violations of the Clean Water Act's prohibition on unpermitted discharges. The action involves violations at three construction sites in Missouri: The Enclaves at Cherry Hills, a 130-acre residential development located in the City of Wildwood; the Countryshire Development, a 150-acre residential development in O'Fallon; and Seckman Lake Estates, a 120-acre construction site in Jefferson County. The Consent Decree, with resolves claims by the United States, the State of Missouri, and the City of Wildwood, Missouri, requires the defendants, J.H. Berra Construction Co. Inc., a land developer in the St. Louis, Missouri areas, and four associated companies (JHB Properties Inc., J.H. Berra Holding Co. Inc., JMB No. 2 LLC, and CMB Rhodes LLC), to pay a penalty of $590,000 and to reimburse more than $52,000 to the State of Missouri and the City of Wildwood for their investigation and enforcement costs. T

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Citation: 72 FR 40898

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