Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 17083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06940]


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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, et al. v. 
Boyd, et al., Case No. 3:25-cv-21, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Charlottesville 
Division, on April 15, 2025.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia against Frazier T. Boyd 
III and Boyd Farm LLC (collectively ``Defendants''), pursuant to 
Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and 
Virginia's State Water Control Law, Va. Code Sec.  62.1-44.5(A)(2)-(4), 
to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the 
Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act and State Water Control 
Law by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the 
United States and waters of the State. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore 
impacted areas, 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 Laura Brown, 
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044, or to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e3e3b2c2d2123232b203a112b2a3d602b203c2a0e3b3d2a212460292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff8f8a9d9c9092929a918ba09a9b8cd19a918d9bbf8a8c9b9095d1989089">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and refer to 
United States v. Boyd, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-22125.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 255 
West Main Street, Room 304, Charlottesville, VA 22902. 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. 2025-06940 Filed 4-22-25; 8:45 am]
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