Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16577]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of 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. Wafler 
Farms, Inc., d/b/a Wafler Nursery & Orchards, et al., Case No. 6:20-cv-
06363, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of New York on July 23, 2024.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendants Wafler Farms, Inc., d/b/a Wafler 
Nursery & Orchards, Huron Enterprises, LLC, Paul E. Wafler, and Susan 
Wafler, pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311(a), to obtain injunctive relief from the Defendants 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 perform mitigation.
    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 by mail to 
Assistant United States Attorney David M. Coriell, United States 
Attorney's Office, Western District of New York, 138 Delaware Avenue, 
Buffalo, New York 14202, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a0a0f18191517171f140e251f1e09541f14081e3a0f091e1510541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2757524544484a4a42495378424354094249554367525443484d09404851">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
and refer to United States v. Wafler Farms Inc., d/b/a Wafler Nursery & 
Orchards, et al., 2019V01814, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-21617.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of New York, 100 
State Street, Rochester, New York 14614. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined electronically at <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees</a>.

Cherie Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-16577 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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