[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4227]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Judgment in United States v. Bostic, et al, 
Civil No. 92-101-4 (E.D.N.C), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on November 
8, 1994.
    The Consent Judgment concerns alleged violations of section 301(a) 
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), resulting from the 
defendants' unauthorized conversion of 147 acres of pocosin wetlands on 
a 194-acre site in Onslow County, North Carolina. Before agreeing to 
the terms of the Consent Judgment, defendants completed restoration of 
part of the property to the satisfaction of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(``Corps''), and North Carolina state erosion experts. Under the 
Consent Judgment, defendants would admit liability for their violations 
and agree to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to the United States. They 
would further agree to establish a buffer zone along the southern edge 
of the violation site to protect nearby Mill Creek from future erosion 
or development and to then transfer title of this buffer zone to an 
approved third party grantee, such as the North Carolina Coastal Land 
Trust, within 180 days of signing the Consent Judgment. Failure to 
create the buffer zone or to comply with the transfer of title 
provision would result in the payment to the United States of an 
additional $40,000 in stipulated penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to Russell 
Young, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense 
Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, should refer to 
United States v. Bostic, et al., Civil No. 92-101-4 (E.D.N.C.), and 
should also make reference to DJ# 90-5-1-1-3715.
    The Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, P.O. 
Box 25670, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 95-4227 Filed 2-21-95; 8:45 am]
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