[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 3390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1417]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. Clatsop County (D. Or.), CV-04-42-HU, was lodged in the United 
States District Court for the District of Oregon on January 14, 2004.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Clatsop County, Oregon, pursuant to Clean Water 
Act Section 309, 33 U.S.C. 1319, to obtain injunctive relief from and 
impose a civil penalty 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 conduct appropriate restoration and 
mitigation and to pay a civil penalty. The Consent Decree also provides 
for the Defendant to perform supplemental environmental projects.
    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 David Kaplan, 
Senior Trial Counsel, United States Department of Justice, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986, and refer to United States of America v. Clatsop County, DJ 
Reference No. 90-5-1-1-16817.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland), 
Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, 1000 SW. Third Avenue, Portland, 
Oregon. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Russell Young,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 04-1417 Filed 1-22-04; 8:45 am]
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