[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5690]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Kenneth L. 
Mims and Leonard R. Cannon AKA Robby Cannon, Civil No. 2:07-cv-03624-
PMD, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of South Carolina on November 8, 2007.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Kenneth L. Mims and Leonard R. Cannon AKA Robby 
Cannon, pursuant to section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311(a), to obtain injunctive relief and impose civil penalties against 
the Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill 
material without a permit into waters of the United States. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the 
Defendants to pay a civil penalty. In addition, Defendants have agreed 
to a restoration plan which includes removing the sediment material 
deposited by the unpermitted dredging.
    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. Kenneth L. Mims and 
Leonard R. Cannon AKA Robby Cannon, United States District Court for 
the District of South Carolina, Civil No. 2:07-cv-03624-PMD.
    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 at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5690 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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