[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24449]


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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 proposed Final Consent Decree in United States v. 
William J. Hall, et al., Civil No. 2:97-0169-12 (D.S.C.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina on July 20, 1998. The proposed Decree concerns alleged 
violations of sanctions 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. Secs. 1311(a) and 1344, resulting from Defendants' unauthorized 
excavation, mechanized land-clearing and filling activities in 
approximately 30.7 acres of wetlands. The violations occurred primarily 
in connection with Defendants' construction of a private, dirt airstrip 
for personal use and a hanger/equipment storage facility in palustrine-
forested wetlands near the Town of Ravenel, in Charleston County, South 
Carolina.
    The proposed Final Consent Decree would require the payment of a 
$120,000 civil penalty and implementation of a Corps-approved 
restoration and mitigation plan. The plan would provide for the 
restoration, enhancement and preservation of all the impacted wetlands 
except for approximately 6.0 acres near the hanger building. Additional 
acreage would be preserved in mitigation for the unrestored area.
    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, Assistant United States Attorney, District 
of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, SC 29201, and 
should refer to United States v. William J. Hall, et al., Civil No. 
2:97-0169-12 (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, Charleston Division, Hollings Judicial Center, Meeting and 
Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina 29401.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-24449 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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