[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: 98-29702]


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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 that would resolve the liability of 
Rueth Development Company and Harold G. Rueth, the two defendants in 
United States of America v. Rueth Development Company, et al., Civil 
Action No. 2:96CV540-JM (N.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on October 23, 
1998.
    The proposed consent decree concerns alleged violations of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311, as a result of the unauthorized 
discharge of dredged and fill material into approximately three acres 
of wetlands which are alleged to constitute ``waters of the United 
States.'' The subject wetlands are part of the Castlewood subdivision, 
a single-family residential development located in Dyer, Lake County, 
Indiana. The consent decree permanently enjoins the two defendants from 
taking any actions, or causing others to take any actions, which result 
in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United 
States. The consent decree further requires the two defendants (1) to 
pay a $23,500.00 civil penalty and (2) to complete a full freshwater 
wetland restoration on the violation site in order to replace the lost 
functions and values of the filled wetlands.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States 
Department of Justice, Attention: Steven E. Rusak, Trial Attorney, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Rueth Development 
Company, et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-556.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court, 136 Federal Building, 507 State Street, 
Hammond, Indiana 46320.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-29702 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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