[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30991]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance both with a Court order dated November 19, 1996, and 
Department Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a 
proposed Consent Degree 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 November 19, 1996, Court order required, among other things, 
that the proposed Consent Degree be published in the Federal Register 
in each of three consecutive weeks. This is the first of the three 
publications.
    The proposed Consent Degree concerns alleged violations of section 
301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311(a), resulting from 
the defendants' unauthorized filling of over 46 acres of alpine 
wetlands as part of their mountain resort development near Telluride, 
San Miguel County, Colorado. As part of the proposed Consent Degree, 
defendants will be required to pay a penalty of $1.1 million dollars 
and to implement a 16-acre restoration project to the satisfaction of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Defendants have also agreed 
to abide by a site-wide management plan for the continued protection 
and preservation of the remaining wetlands that they own. The proposed 
Consent Degree preserves the United States' right to appeal an earlier 
ruling of the Court. If the appeal is successful, defendants will be 
obligated to perform an additional 15-acres of wetland restoration 
along the San Miguel River and pay an additional penalty of $50,000.
    The Clerk of the United States District Court will receive written 
comments relating to the proposed Consent Degree until January 22, 
1997. Comments should be addressed to James R. Manspeaker, Clerk of the 
District Court, United States Courthouse, 1929 Stout Street, Denver, CO 
80294. Please send a copy of any comments to Robert H. Foster, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, 999 18th Street, 
Suite 945, Denver, CO 80202. The comments 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 proposed Consent Degree Judgment may be examined at three (3) 
locations: (1) the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia, 1929 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80295, (2) the 
Clerk's Office, San Miguel County Courthouse, 305 West Colorado, 
Telluride, CO 81435 and (3) the Clerk's Office, United States District 
Court for the District of Colorado, 402 Rood Avenue, Room 301, Grand 
Junction, CO 81501.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-30991 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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