[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8531]


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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. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States versus 
Ronald J. Silveira, Inc. & Silveira Cranberry Corp., Civil No. 97-
10626-RCL (D. Mass.), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts on March 20, 1997. 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, resulting from 
unlawful excavation activities and the discharge of fill materials into 
approximately 90,000 square feet of wetlands located in Berkley, 
Massachusetts. The wetlands are located adjacent to an unnamed brook, 
which is a tributary of the Taunton River, located between Jerome 
Street and Burt Street in Berkley.
    The proposed consent decree would provide for restoration and 
mitigation of approximately 91,800 square feet of wetlands at and near 
the violation site in accordance with restoration/mitigation plans 
approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and payment of a 
$25,000 civil penalty.
    The U.S. Department of Justice will receive written comments 
relating to the proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be 
addressed to Julie S. Schrager, Assistant United States Attorney, 
District of Massachusetts, 1003 J.W. McCormack Post Office and 
Courthouse, Boston, MA 02109, and should refer to United States versus 
Ronald J. Silveira, Inc. & Silveira Cranberry Corp., Civil No. 97-
10626-RCL (D. Mass.).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1003 
J.W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-8531 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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