Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

• Published date: 15 February 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 4541
• Record Number: 2019-02449
• Section: Notices
• Court: Justice Department

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 4541]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-02449]
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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 given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States, et al. v.
                Antero Resources Corp., Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-00020-TSK, was lodged
                with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West
                Virginia, Clarksburg Division, on February 11, 2019.
                 This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
                United States and the State of West Virginia against Antero Resources
                Corporation, pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33
                U.S.C. 1311(a), and the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, W.
                Va. Code Chapter 22, Article 11, et seq., to obtain injunctive relief
                from, and impose civil penalties on, the Defendant in connection with
                alleged discharges of pollutants at various locations in Harrison,
                Doddridge, and Tyler Counties in West Virginia and 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 Defendant to restore the 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 Patrick R.
                Jacobi, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice,
                Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense
                Section, Denver Place Building, 999 18th Street, Suite 370--South
                Terrace, Denver, CO 80202, and refer to United States, et al. v. Antero
                Resources Corp., DJ #90-5-1-1-19240.
                 The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
                United States District Court for the Northern District of West
                Virginia, Clarksburg Division, 500 West Pike Street, Room 301,
                Clarksburg, WV 26302. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be
                examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
                Cherie L. Rogers,
                Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and
                Natural Resources Division.
                [FR Doc. 2019-02449 Filed 2-14-19; 8:45 am]
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