[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20536]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice hereby 
is given that a consent decree in United States v. Robert Brace and 
Robert Brace Farms, Inc., No. 90-229 Erie, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 
24, 1996.
    The proposed consent decree concerns violations of sections 301 and 
404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1344, as a result of 
unpermitted discharges of dredged and fill material into portions of 
property located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, that constitute ``waters 
of the United States.'' The consent decree encompasses a permanent 
injunction and requires defendants to perform restoration of the 
violated thirty acres of wetlands and to pay a civil penalty of $10,000 
to the U.S. Treasury.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
this consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Attention: David M. Thompson, Attorney, 
Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Room 7120, 10th & Pennsylvania 
Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530 and should refer to United States v. 
Robert Brace and Robert Brace Farms, Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-
3433.
    The consent decree and accompanying exhibit may be examined at the 
Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania 16501, or a copy 
may be requested from David M. Thompson, (202) 514-2617.
Anna Wolgast,
Acting Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-20536 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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