[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14331]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on May 8, 1998, a consent decree was lodged in United
States v. Hudson Foods, Inc., Civil Action No. CCB-98-1468, with the
United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
This consent decree resolves claims against Hudson Foods, Inc.,
brought pursuant to sections 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act
(the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d), alleging violations of
effluent limits, monitoring and sampling requirements, and notification
requirements contained in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (``NPDES'') permit issued for Hudson Foods' poultry processing
facility in Berlin, Maryland. The proposed consent decree requires
Hudson to pay a civil penalty of $4,000,000 and to perform five
Supplemental Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') to reduce nutrient
loading to receiving waters. These SEPs include the installation of
denitrification equipment, the use of phytase enzymes and alum to
reduce nutrient loading from chicken litter, the construction of litter
storage sheds, and the funding of personnel and equipment to assist
poultry growers in preparing and implementing written site specific
nutrient management plans. The SEPs are estimated to cost a total of
$2,000,000.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Hudson Foods, Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4416. The
proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, District of Maryland, 604 United States Courthouse,
101 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Copies of the Consent
Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-
624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of
$13.50 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-14331 Filed 5-29-98; 8:45 am]
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