[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1995]


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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. Jack 
and Chris Barnhill, Case No. 4:07-cv-00994-RBH, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on 
April 12, 2007. 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 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 Emery 
Clark, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's 
Office, Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 1441 Main Street, Columbia, South 
Carolina 29201 and refer to United States v. Jack and Chris Barnhill, 
Case No. 4:07-cv-00994-RBH.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, 901 
Richland Lane, Columbia, South Carolina.
    In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed on the World 
Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1995 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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