[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 143 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43258-43259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16976]


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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. 
Richmond American Homes of Maryland, Inc., Civ. No. 2:08-CV-01654, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of California on July 18, 2008. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a 
complaint filed by the United States against Richmond American Homes of 
Maryland, Inc., pursuant to Sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water 
Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1344, to obtain injunctive relief 
from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant 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 Defendant to pay a civil penalty and a fee 
in lieu of direct mitigation for its impacts to waters of the United 
States.
    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 Sylvia Quast, 
Assistant United States Attorney, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, 
Sacramento, California 95814 and refer to United States v. Richmond 
American Homes of Maryland, Inc., DJ  90-5-1-1-18307.

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    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 4-
200 Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse, 501 I Street, 
Sacramento, California 95814. 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. E8-16976 Filed 7-23-08; 8:45 am]
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