[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 29585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12637]


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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. 
Semitropic Water Storage Dist., Civil No. 1:10-cv-909-AWI-JLT, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of California on May 20, 2010.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Defendant Semitropic Water Storage District, 
pursuant to Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 
and 1344 to obtain injunctive relief and impose civil penalties against 
the Defendant for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill 
material into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendant to pay a civil 
penalty. In addition, Defendant has agreed to pay a fee in lieu of 
mitigation of $78,000, 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, United States Attorney's Office, 
Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, 
California and refer to United States v. Semitropic Water Storage 
Dist., Civil No. 1:10-cv-909-AWI-JLT.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office 
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
California, 501 I Street, 4th Floor, Sacramento, California 95814. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-12637 Filed 5-25-10; 8:45 am]
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