[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29283]


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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 C.F.R. 50.7 notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States of America v. 
Simpson Timber Co. et al., No. 96-1890 LKK/GGH (E.D. Cal.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
California on October 29, 1996. The proposed decree concerns alleged 
violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
Secs. 1311(a) and 1344, as a result of the discharge of dredged and 
fill materials into wetlands located at the Tehama Fiber Farm in Tehama 
County near Corning, California, by Simpson Timber Company and Simpson 
Redwood Company (``Simpson'').
    The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a civil penalty to 
the United States, the preservation of environmentally valuable 
wetlands, and the performance of environmental projects.
    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, D.C. 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Simpson Timber 
Co. et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4267.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 650 
Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California 95814; and the Environmental 
Protection Agency Region IX Library, 75 Hawthorne Street, 13th Floor, 
San Francisco, California, 94105, (415) 744-1510.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-29283 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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