[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1922]


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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. 
Thompson, No. 4:06-cv-549 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of South Carolina on February 22, 2006.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Jerry Thompson and Virginia Thompson, pursuant to 
Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344, 
to obtain injunctive relief from 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 restoration of the impacted wetlands to their previous 
condition, the purchase of off-site mitigation credits and the payment 
of 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 
R. Emery Clark, Office of the United States Attorney for the District 
of South Carolina, Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 1441 Main Street, 
Columbia, South Carolina 29201 and refer to United States v. Thompson, 
No. 4:06-cv-549.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, United 
States Courthouse, 901 Richland Lane, Columbia, South Carolina. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/fxsp0;enrd/open.html.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1922 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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