[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-275]


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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. 
Specialty Minerals, Inc., John J. Foley, Jr. and Dorothy K. Foley, 
Civil Action No. 3:01CV1853 (RNC) (D. Conn.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on October 
3, 2001. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Specialty Minerals, Inc., John J. Foley, Jr. and 
Dorothy K. Foley, 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 Defendant, Specialty Minerals, Inc., for the unauthorized 
discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States 
located in wetlands adjacent to a tributary of Blackberry River, 
located in North Canaan, Connecticut.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the payment of civil 
penalties, in addition to the performance of onsite mitigation and 
partial restoration at the site of the violation.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to Brenda M. Green, 
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, 157 
Church Street, 23rd Floor, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 and refer to 
United States v. Specialty Minerals, Inc., John J. Foley, Jr. and 
Dorothy K. Foley, DJ#90-5-1-1-05702.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 141 
Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Brenda M. Green,
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, 157 Church Street, 
23rd Floor, New Haven, CT 06510, (203) 821-3700.
[FR Doc. 02-275 Filed 1-4-02; 8:45 am]
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