[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29701]


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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 Consent Decree in United States v. County 
of San Luis Obispo, California, Case No. 97-6176 ABC (Ex) (C.D. Cal.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California on October 27, 1998. The proposed 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 Defendant's 
unauthorized discharge of dredged and/or fill material into waters of 
the United States at numerous locations within the County of San Luis 
Obispo during the course of road, culvert and bridge repair 
construction projects conducted between January 1, 1995 and April 30, 
1996.
    The proposed Consent Decree would require the payment of a civil 
penalty of $240,000.
    The United States 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 Naikang Tsao, Attorney, United States Department of 
Justice, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, 
D.C. 20026-3986, and should refer to United States v. County of San 
Luis Obispo, California, Case No. 97-6176 ABC (Ex) (C.D. Cal.).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Central District of California, 
312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90012.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-29701 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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