[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5705]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree; J.L. Land 
Development

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. J.L. 
Land Development, Inc., Civil Action No. 8:00-cv-329-T-EAJ (M.D. Fla.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Florida on February 15, 2001. This proposed Consent Decree 
concerns a complaint filed by the United States against J.L. Land 
Development, Inc., pursuant to sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311(a) and 1344 and imposes civil penalties 
against the Defendant for the unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill 
material into 7.26 acres of wetlands during peat mining activities and 
the construction of a golf course by the developer of Ridgewood Lakes, 
a residential development located in Davenport, Polk County, Florida.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires: (1) The payment of civil 
penalties in the amount of $100,000; (2) the restoration of 2.59 acres 
of wetlands impacted by peat mining activities and (3) the performance 
of mitigation by restoring hydrology to 180.67 acres of forested 
wetlands that were previously artificially, though lawfully drained. At 
the same time, the defendant would receive a nationwide permit 32 
allowing 0.5 acre of fill to remain in wetlands associated with golf 
course construction.
    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 Marianne 
Zaccaro, United States Attorney's Office, 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 
3200, Tampa, Florida 33602 and refer to United States v. J.L. Land 
Development, Inc.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Sam M. 
Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33602.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-5705 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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