[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 232 (Friday, December 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75307-75308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30603]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Environment and Natural Resources Division; Notice of Lodging 
Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Portrait Homes 
Construction Co., Civil Action No. 4:00-3581-12, (D.S.C.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina on November 15, 2000. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a 
complaint filed by the United States against Portrait Homes 
Construction Co., pursuant to sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344 and imposes civil penalties 
against the Defendant for the unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill 
material into waters of the United States in connection with the 
construction of a subdivision development on a portion of Kaminski 
Tract, located off Highway 707, approximately 1.5 miles from the 
intersection of Highway 17 and 707, near Murrells Inlet, in Horry 
County, South Carolina.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the payment of civil penalties 
in the amount of $10,000 and prohibits the discharge of pollutants into 
the waters of the United States.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to Joseph P. 
Griffith, Jr., United States Attorney's Office, 170 Meeting Street, 
Suite 300, P.O. Box 978, Charleston, South Carolina 29402 and refer to 
United States v. Portrait Homes Construction Co.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, 
Hollings Judicial

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Center, Meeting Street at Broad, Charleston, S.C. 29401.

Joseph P. Griffith, Jr.,
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, 
Charleston, South Carolina.
[FR Doc. 00-30603 Filed 11-30-00; 8:45 am]
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