[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38117-38118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18628]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Johnson Engineering, Inc. & Lee County School Board, Civil 
No. 97-283-CIV-FTM-24D (M.D. Fla.), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Middle District of Florida on June 25, 1997. The 
proposed Consent Decree concerns alleged violations of sections 301(a) 
and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344, resulting 
from the unauthorized clearing and discharge of fill material into 
approximately 22.0 acres of wetlands at the Colonial Properties Site in 
Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. The

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defendant, Johnson Engineering, Inc., is an engineering and consulting 
firm hired to assist with the site's development. Johnson Engineering 
has agreed to a proposed Consent Decree to settle its alleged 
violations of the Clean Water Act.
    The proposed Consent Decree would require Johnson Engineering, Inc. 
to pay a $100,000 civil penalty and to fund wetland preservation, 
restoration, or creation project(s) to be selected by the United States 
in mitigation for the wetlands altered or destroyed. The cost of those 
wetland projects would total no less than $100,000 and they shall be 
for the purpose of improving and/or protecting wetlands or water 
quality within the Ten Mile Canal Watershed. Johnson Engineering would 
also be permanently enjoined from future violations of the Clean Water 
Act at the site.
    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 S. Randall Humm, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Environmental Defense Section, PO Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 
20026-3986 and should refer to United States v. Johnson Engineering, 
Inc. & Lee County School Board, Civil No. 97-283-CIV-FTM-24D (M.D. 
Fla.), DJ# 90-5-1-6-626.
    The proposed Final Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's 
Office, United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Florida, 2301 First Street, Room 106, Fort Myers, Florida 33901.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-18628 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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