[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 48721] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-23571] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Frederick T. Cline et al., No. C 96-0760 EFL (N.D. Cal.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on September 5, 1996. The proposed decree concerns alleged violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344, and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403, as a result of the discharge of dredged and fill materials into wetlands located in Sonoma County, California by Frederic Cline and Cline Cellars, Inc. (``Cline''). The Consent Decree provides for restoration of the wetlands in accord with a restoration plan approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and payment of a $20,000.00 civil penalty to the United States. 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: Sylvia Quast, Trial Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026- 3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Frederick T. Cline et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-623. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Tenth Floor, San Francisco, California 94102; and the office of District Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 333 Market Street, Suite 804, San Francisco, California, 94105, (415) 977-8644. Letitia J. Grishaw, Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 96-23571 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M