[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55171-55172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27264]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Department Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. The Telluride 
Company, Civil No. 93-K-2181 (D. Colo.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Colorado on October 15, 1996.
    The Consent Decree concerns alleged violations of section 301(a) of 
the clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), resulting from The Telluride 
Company's unauthorized filling of over 46 acres of rare alpine wetlands 
as part of its mountain resort development near Telluride, San Miguel 
County, Colorado. As part of the Consent Decree, The Telluride Company 
will be required to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million dollars and to 
implement a 16-acre restoration project to the satisfaction of the 
Environmental Protection Agency. Defendants will abide by a site-wide 
management plan for the continued protection and preservation of the 
remaining wetlands that they own. The Consent Decree preserves the 
United States' right to appeal an earlier ruling of the Court. If the 
appeal is successful, The Telluride Company will be obligated to 
perform an additional 15 acres of wetland restoration along the San 
Miguel River and pay an additional civil penalty of $50,000.
    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 addressed to Robert H. 
Foster, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, 999 18th Street, 
Suite 945, Denver, CO 80202, should refer to United States v. The 
Telluride Company, Civil No. 93-K-2181 (D. Colo.), and should also make 
reference to DJ # 90-5-1-4-293.
    The Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United 
States District Court for the District of

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Colorado, 1929 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80295.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27264 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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