[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24325]


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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. Jimenez 
Landscaping, et al., Case No. 04 C 2806, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on December 
14, 2005. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by 
the United States against the Defendants pursuant to Section 301(a) of 
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to obtain injunctive 
relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for 
filling wetlands without a permit.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the defendants to: (1) Pay a 
civil penalty, (2) permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a 
wetland delineation of the subject site; and (3) hire a professional 
surveyor to survey the wetland boundary on their property within 14 
days of completion of the wetland delineation and serve a copy of the 
survey on the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District 
of Illinois and the Corps of Engineers. Restoration of the impacted 
wetlands has been completed. 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 Daniel M. Tardiff, Assistant United States Attorney, United 
States Attorney's Office, 5th Floor, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604 and refer to United States v. Jimenez Landscaping, et 
al., case No. 04 C 2806, including the USAO 2004V00779.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 
S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be viewed on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd.open.html.

Daniel M. Tardiff,
Assistant United States Attorney.
[FR Doc. 05-24325 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
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