[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4514]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Gillette, Civ. No. 3: CV-96-1200 (M.D. Pa.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on 
February 9, 2001. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint 
filed by the United States of America against Robert Gillette, pursuant 
to section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) 
and (d), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties 
against the Defendant for unlawfully discharging and/or filling 
approximately 1.6 acres of wetlands adjacent to an unnamed tributary of 
Van Auken Creek, in Waymart Borough, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the Defendant to pay a civil 
penalty for his unauthorized discharges. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree, the Defendant shall also undertake a supplemental environmental 
project (``SEP'') consisting of the conservation and management of 
wetlands in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The 
proposed Consent Decree permanently enjoins the Defendant, or any 
successor of the Defendant, from discharging pollutants into any water 
of the United States at the Site, except in compliance any permits 
required to be obtained by federal, state and local laws, rules or 
regulations.
    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 the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Attention: Joshua M. Levin, P.O. Box 23986, 
Washington, DC 20026-3986 and should refer to United States v. 
Gillette, DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-596.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 
228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be viewed on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/enrd-home.html.

Scott A. Schachter,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-4514 Filed 2-22-01; 8:45 am]
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