[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13392]


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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 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Final Consent Decree in United States v. 
Stewart I. Cottinghan, Civil No. 4:97-1075-22 (D.S.C.), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on 
April 18, 1997. The proposed Consent 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 the unauthorized discharge of 
fill material into approximately 0.8 acre of forested wetlands adjacent 
to the Little Pee Dee River in Dillon, South Carolina. The fill 
material, consisting of concrete blocks, bricks, building materials, 
and wood chips, was deposited into the wetlands in conjunction with the 
construction of a roadway through the property.
    The proposed Final Consent Decree would provide for the payment of 
a $2,000 civil penalty and would permanently enjoin the Defendant from 
performing future work in wetlands without the required permit(s) from 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The unauthorized fill material was 
satisfactorily removed from the wetlands, with the exception of a 
portion of the roadway which will remain in place under authority of 
Nationwide Permit No. 32.
    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 R. Emery Clark, Assisted United States Attorney, District 
of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, S.C. 29201 
and should refer to United States v. Stewart I. Cottingham, Civil No. 
4:97-1075-22 (D.S.C.).
    The proposed Final Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's 
Office, United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina, Florence Division, John L. McMillan Federal Building, 401 W. 
Evans Street, Florence, South Carolina 29503.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-13392 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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