[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 67215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29754]


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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 of America 
v. Northwoods Development, LLC d/b/a Portage Point Inn, Michael DeVoe, 
1:03-CV-336, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Michigan, Southern Division on November 4, 2003.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Northwoods Development, LLC, d/b/a Portage Point 
Inn, and Michael DeVoe, pursuant to Section 301(a) of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 
1899, 33 U.S.C. 403 to obtain injunctive relief and impose civil 
penalties against the Defendants 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 Defendants to restore the impacted areas 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 Thomas J. Gezon, 
Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, P.O. 
Box 208, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0208, (616) 456-2408, and refer to 
United States v. Northwoods Development, LLC, Court No. 1:03-CV-336, 
(Internal Case Number 2002V00286).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, B35 
Federal Building, 410 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. In 
addition, the proposed consent decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Thomas J. Gezon,
Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan.
[FR Doc. 03-29754 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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