[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19596]


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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 Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States  v. Cumberland 
Farms, Inc., et al., Civil No. 91-10051-MLW (D. Mass.), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on 
July 25, 1996.
    The Consent Decree concerns alleged violations of section 301(a) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311(a), resulting from the 
defendants' discharge of fill material into wetlands without a permit 
from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Cumberland Farms, Inc. and other 
parties unlawfully filled freshwater wetlands to create approximately 
176 acres of cranberry beds at three separate sites in Hanson and 
Halifax, Massachusetts. Under the Consent Decree, Cumberland Farms, 
Inc. will pay a $50,000 civil penalty, establish a 30 acre wildlife and 
wetlands corridor, and transfer 225 acres of property to the 
Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law 
Enforcement for conservation purposes.
    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 addresses to James W. 
Rubin, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Policy, Legislation and 
Special Litigation Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 4390, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-4390, and 
should refer to United States v. Cumberland Farms, Inc., et al., Civil 
No. 91-10051-MLW (D. Mass.).
    The Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United 
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack 
Post Office and Court House, 90 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109.
Anna Wolgast,
Acting Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-19596 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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