[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67162-67163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9278]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decrees

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that two proposed consent decrees in United States v. Pala 
Band of Mission Indians, et al., (S.D. Cal.), 06-cv-2323-H (NLS), were 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of California on November 2, 2006.
    These proposed consent decrees concern a complaint filed by the 
United States against the Pala Band of Mission Indians, Brown Bulk 
Transportation Co., Valley Material and Supply, Inc., and James A. 
Brown 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 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. One proposed consent decree resolves the United States' 
allegations against the Pala Band of Mission Indians by requiring the 
Tribe to pay a civil penalty and to mitigate the environmental impacts 
by making a contribution to the Nature Conservancy. The second proposed 
consent decree resolves the United States' claims against Brown Bulk 
Transportation Co., Valley Material and Supply, Inc., and James A. 
Brown by requiring these Defendants to pay a civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
these proposed Consent decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Pamela S. 
Tonglao, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986 and refer 
to United States v. Pala Band of Mission Indians, et al., (S.D. Cal.), 
06-CV-2323-H (NLS), DJ 90-5-1-1-16816.

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    The proposed consent decrees may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9278 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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