94-655. Lodging of Consent Decree; Salt Pond Associates

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Consent Decree; Salt Pond Associates

    In keeping with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a consent decree in Salt Pond Associates v. United States 
Army Corps of Engineers, et al., Civ. No. 92-597-LON (D. Del.), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Delaware on or about January 10, 1994. This consent decree concerns 
counterclaims filed in the above-entitled action by the United States 
pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. 
The counterclaims seek a permanent injunction and civil penalties for 
plaintiff Salt Pond Associates' alleged violations of section 301(a) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C 1311(a), and section 10 of the Rivers and 
Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403. The consent decree allows certain 
work conducted in wetlands and other waters of the United States to 
remain in place subject to Salt Pond Associates' compliance with 
restoration and mitigation requirements, and imposes a civil penalty of 
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) on Salt Pond Associates.
    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice will accept 
written comments on the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days 
after the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. 
Comments should be addressed as follows: Assistant Attorney General/
Environment and Natural Resources Division/United States Department of 
Justice/Attention: Timothy Burns/Environmental Defense Section/P.O. Box 
23986/Washington, DC 20026-3986. Comments should reference Salt Pond 
Associates v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al., No. 90-5-
1-6-498.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office/United 
States District Court/District of Delaware/844 King Street/Wilmington, 
Delaware (contact the Clerk at [phone]). It may also be examined 
at the United States Department of Justice/Environmental Defense 
Section/10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW./Washington, DC 
(contact Kevin Christof at [phone]).
Timothy Burns,
Trial Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 94-655 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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