[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13873]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. Dennis Wendt, individually and as Trustee of the Dennis Wendt Trust 
Co., Wendt Construction Co., Inc., and WWW.PERSSARD.INC., Civil Action 
No. CV-12-2225 (LB), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of California on May 30, 2012.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Dennis Wendt, individually and as Trustee of the 
Dennis Wendt Trust Co., Wendt Construction Co., Inc., and 
WWW.PERSSARD.INC., pursuant to Sections 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. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore the impacted areas 
and perform mitigation 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 Kim Smaczniak, 
Trial Attorney, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to 
United States v. Wendt et al., DJ  90-5-1-1-18548.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 
Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 450 
Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-13873 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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