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. Port of Tacoma, et al., No. 11-cv-05253-RJB, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on August 5, 2013. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against the Port of Tacoma, Scarsella Brothers, Inc., Waka Group, Inc., and DEMCO, Inc., pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1311 , to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States. The State of Washington was also named as a party to the case, as required by 33 U.S.C. 1319(e) , and is a signatory to the proposed Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the allegations against the Port of Tacoma, Scarsella Brothers, Inc., and Waka Group, Inc., by requiring those Defendants to restore the impacted areas, perform mitigation, and pay a civil penalty. 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 Austin D. Saylor, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to United States v. Port of Tacoma, et al., DJ # 90-5-1-1-18939. The proposed Consent Decr…