[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22132]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and 
the Oil Pollution Act

    Consistent with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that on August 18, 2000, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Davidson Sales & Maintenance, Inc. and Jack L. Davidson, 
Civil Action No. 99-73518, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.
    In the action, the United States sought civil penalties under 
Section 311(b)(7) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(b)(7), and the 
recovery of removal costs under Sections 1002 and 1017 of the Oil 
Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2702, 2717, resulting from a discharge of oil 
into the Wilkenson Creek in Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 
September of 1995. Under the Consent Decree, the Defendants will pay 
$80,000, plus interest, over the course of two years in satisfaction of 
the claim for costs that the Coast Guard paid to a contractor who 
performed removal activities.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Davidson Sales & Maintenance, Inc. and Jack L. 
Davidson, D.J. No. 90-5-1-1-06768.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 211 W. Fort St., Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226-3211. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the above-referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number 90-5-1-1-06768, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Principal Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22132 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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