[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19592]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that on July 10, 1997, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Darling International, Inc., Civil No. 97-
1611, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District
of Minnesota. This Consent Decree resolves claims against Darling
International, Inc. (``Darling''), for violations of Sections 301 of
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311, and a National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit issued pursuant to
Section 402 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1342. The alleged violations concern
Darling's discharge of certain pollutants from its rendering plant in
Blue Earth River and its tributary, Coon Creek, and its failure to
properly sample and report on such discharges from the plant.
The Consent Decree requires Darling to: (1) Achieve and maintain
compliance with specified effluent limits, (2) undertake certain
engineering analysis of its wastewater treatment facility, (3) conduct
compliance audits assessing compliance of its facility with a wide
range of environmental laws, and (4) pay $300,000 in civil penalties.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v.
Darling International, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4410.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
Stats Attorney, District of Minnesota, 600 United States Courthouse,
300 South Fourth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55415, at the
Region V Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 200 West Adams
Street, Chicago, Illinois, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19592 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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