[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1994]


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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 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. John L. Conner, 
Jr., et al., Civil Action No. B-C-97-85 (E.D. Ark.), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 
on December 19, 1997.
    The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States' 
allegations in the above-referenced enforcement action that Defendants 
have violated Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311 and 1344, by unlawfully discharging dredged or fill material into 
approximately 70 acres of waters of the United States at twelve 
different sites in Jackson, Woodruff and Lawrence Counties.
    The proposed consent decree would require Defendants: (1) To pay a 
$400,000 civil penalty; (2) to restore the three largest violation 
sites, which total approximately 50 acres; (30) to create approximately 
85 acres of wetlands; and (4) to preserve 100 acres of forested land, 
95 of which are currently wetlands. The decree would also permanently 
enjoin Defendants from discharging dredged or fill materials into 
waters of the United States without an applicable permit.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Attention: Wendy L. Blake, Environmental 
Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, and 
should refer to United States v. Conner et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-
1-4-385.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at either the Clerk's 
Office, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 
Room 402, 600 West Capitol Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, or at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20005. Requests for a copy of the consent decree may be mailed to the 
Consent Decree Library at the above address and must include a check in 
the amount of $20.25.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-1994 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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