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Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

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[Federal Register: August 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 167)]
[Notices]
[Page 50643-50644]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

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given that a proposed Consent Decree in Sierra Club, et al. v. MasTec
North America, Inc., et al., No. 03-1697-HO (D. Or.), consolidated with
United States v. MasTec, Inc., et al., No. 06-6071-HO (D. Or.), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
on August 19, 2008.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns complaints filed by the
United States against MasTec, Inc. and MasTec North America, Inc.
pursuant to section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a),
to obtain, among other things, injunctive relief from and to impose
civil penalties against MasTec, Inc. and MasTec North America, Inc. for
violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants in violation of
a permit and without a permit into waters of the United States. The
proposed Consent Decree resolves certain of the allegations against
MasTec, Inc. and MasTec North America, Inc. by requiring them to
provide for environmental mitigation and to 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 Kent E. Hanson,
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986, and refer to United States v. MasTec, Inc., DJ # 90-5-1-1-17191.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Wayne L. Morse
U.S. Courthouse, 405 East Eighth Avenue, Room 2100, Eugene, OR 97401.
In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Russell Young,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-19817 Filed 8-26-08; 8:45 am]
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