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. Thomas E. Lipar, et al., Civil Action Number 4:10-cv-01904, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on January 19, 2021. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Defendants Thomas E. Lipar, LGI Land, LLC, LGI Group, LLC, and LGI Development, Inc., pursuant to Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344 , to obtain remedies against them for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendants to effectuate compensatory mitigation, conduct best management practices work, and be subject to other injunctive relief. On January 26, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register opening a period of public comment on the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days through February 25, 2021. By this notice, the Department of Justice is extending the public comment period through March 11, 2021. Comments should be addressed to Michele Walter and Andrew Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, pubcomment_eds.enrd@usdoj.gov , and refer…