[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14796]



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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 States of America v. Rueth 
Builders, Inc., Civ. No. 2:96-CV-66 (N.D. Ind.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on 
March 8, 1996. The proposed decree concerns alleged violations of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, as a result of the discharge of 
dredged and fill materials onto approximately 0.40 acres of wetlands by 
Rueth Buildings, Inc., in Dyer, Lake County, Indiana.
    The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a $10,000.00 civil 
penalty to the United States and permanently enjoins Rueth Builders, 
Inc. from taking any actions, or causing others to take any actions, 
which result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters 
of the United States, as defined by the Clean Water Act and regulations 
promulgated thereunder, except as in compliance with an individual 
permit issued pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1344(a), or with any applicable 
general permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
    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, United States 
Department of Justice, Attention: Steven E. Rusak, Trial Attorney, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Rueth Builders, 
Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-556.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 507 State 
Street, Fourth Floor, Hammond, Indiana 46320; the office of Greg 
Carlson, Wetlands Enforcement Officer, Wetlands Division, Wetlands and 
Watershed Section, Wetlands Regulatory Unit, Region V of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, 16th 
Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, (312) 886-0124, 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 $2.75 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. 96-14796 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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