[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37135-37136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18255]


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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 Partial Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. Calderon, et al., No. 96-2451 RLA (D. Puerto Rico), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on 
June 10, 1998.
    The proposed Partial Consent Decree would resolve the United 
States' allegations in this enforcement action against Defendant 
Construcciones Carro, the contractor who filled approximately .5 acres 
of herbaceous wetlands in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, without a permit under 
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1344.
    The proposed Partial Consent Decree would require Defendant Carro 
to: (1) restore wetlands for the wetland areas impacted by the illegal 
discharges; and (2) pay a $10,000 civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the

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proposed Partial 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: Melaine A. Williams, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States v. Calderon, et al., DJ 
Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4413.
    The proposed Partial Consent Decree may be examined at either the 
Clerk's Office, United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 
150 Carlow Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918-1756 (telephone 
number: 787-766-6160), or at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone number: 202-624-0892). 
Requests for a copy of the Partial Consent Decree may be mailed to the 
Consent Decree Library at the above address, and must include a check 
in the amount of $12.75.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-18255 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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