[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51490-51491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24362]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree, Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United State of America v. 
Khubani Enterprises, Inc., Civ. Act. No. 95-4729 (AJL) (D.N.J.), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey on September 18, 1995. The proposed decree concerns alleged 
violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311, as a result of 
the discharge of fill materials onto approximately 24.8 acres of 
wetlands by Khubani Enterprises, Inc. (``Khubani''), in Fairfield 
Township, Essex County, New Jersey.
    The Consent Decree permanently enjoins Khubani from discharging 
fill materials into any waters of the United States except in 
compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and 
regulations; provides for the payment of a $25,000 civil penalty to the 
United States; requires compliance with an administrative order on 
consent entered into between Khubani and the New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection; requires restoration of at least 2.6 acres of 
the violation site; and provides for a supplemental environmental 
project, pursuant to which Khubani will pay $75,000 to the New Jersey 
Nature Conservancy for the purchase and preservation of wetlands in the 


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Johnsonburg Swamp Preserve in New Jersey.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Attention: Daniel W. Pinkston, Environmental Defense Section, 
P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, and should refer to United 
States v. Khubani Enterprises, Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-4-354.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Federal 
Building, Room 502, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; the New 
York District Office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 
10278-0090, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $7.75 for a copy of the consent decree with 
attachments.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 95-24362 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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