2020-21893. Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. EPG2, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-02180 was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, on September 25, 2020.

This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Defendant EPG2, LLC, pursuant to Sections 301(a), 309(b), and 309(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1319(b), and 1319(d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant 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 Defendant to 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 Phillip R. Dupré, United States Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to United States v. EPG2, LLC, DJ # 90-5-1-1-21736.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, James M. Ashley and Thomas W. L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse, 1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/​enrd/​consent-decrees.

Cherie Rogers,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.