[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27255]


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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. Vail 
Associates, Inc., (D. Colo.), Civil Action No. 03-D-2069 (BNB), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Colorado on October 17, 2003.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Vail Associates, Inc., 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 the impose civil penalties against the Defendant 
for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a 
permit into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendant to restore the 
impacted areas, perform mitigation and to pay a civil penalty.
    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 Jon Lipshultz, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986 and refer to United States v. Vail Associates, Inc., (D. Colo.), 
Civil Action No. 03-D-2069 (BNB), DJ 90-5-1-1-16527.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 901 19th 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80294-3589.
    In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Scott Schachter,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-27255 Filed 10-28-03; 8:45 am]
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