[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-456]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act;
Bridgeview Joint Venture
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Bridgeview Joint
Venture, Civ. No. 94-C-3184, (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on or about
December 19, 1995. This Consent Decree concerns a Complaint filed by
the United States against several defendants pursuant to section 309 of
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319, to obtain injunctive
relief and impose civil penalties upon the Defendants for discharges of
dredged or fill material in violation of CWA section 301(a), 33 U.S.C.
1311(a), and for subsequent violation of an EPA Administrative Order
issued pursuant to CWA section 309(a), 33 U.S.C. 1319(a).
The Consent Decree prohibits additional illegal discharges by the
Defendants, requires either restoration of, or mitigation for, wetland
areas buried under the fill, provides for payment of a civil penalty in
the amount of $170,000, and further provides for a supplemental
environmental project in lieu of additional penalties.
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 the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Attention: Michael D. Rowe, Esq., 10th Street
and Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 7115-Main Bldg., Washington, D.C.
20530, and refer to United States v. Bridgeview Joint Venture, DOJ.
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-5009.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60604, and at the following additional locations: 1) The
United States Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, 9th
Street & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20026 (Contact
Elizabeth Baxter at (202) 514-9763); and 2) United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, Office of the Regional Counsel 200 West
Adams, 29th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604 (Contact Thomas Martin at (312)
886-4273).
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section.
[FR Doc. 96-456 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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