[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 68 (Friday, April 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18351-18352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8601]


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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 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree that would resolve the liability of 
Artemissa Farms, Inc., the last of four defendants in United States of 
America v. Jane A. Young, et al. Civil Action No. 95-4202-JPG (S.D. 
Ill.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the

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Southern District of Illinois on March 15, 2000.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns alleged violations of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, as a result of the discharge of 
dredged and fill materials onto approximately 100 acres of wetlands, in 
Hamilton County, Illinois (the ``Site''), which is alleged to 
constitute ``waters of the United States.''
    The Consent Decree permanently enjoins Artemissa Farms, Inc. 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 Artemissa Farms, Inc. to 
pay $5,000 into an interest-bearing Registry Account of the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, to be used 
to conduct a wetland restoration on the Site.
    The Consent Decree also requires Artemissa Farms, Inc., subject to 
the right of prior approval by the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers, to convey the Site to an appropriate entity for conservation 
after the wetland restoration is completed. The purpose of the 
conveyance is to provide a conservation area in which no development, 
excavation, or other disturbance will occur. To achieve that end, the 
conveyance shall contain several restrictions that are set forth in the 
Consent Decree.
    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, Senior Attorney, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Jane A. Young, 
et. al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-580.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court, United States Courthouse, 301 West Main 
Street, Benton, Illinois 62812.

Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-8601 Filed 4-6-00; 8:45 am]
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