[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27250]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a consent decree in United States of America v.
Pettinaro Construction Co., Inc., and Linder & Co., Inc., No. 97-123
LON (D. Del.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware on September 25, 1997.
The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States
allegations in this enforcement action that the Defendants have
violated Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1311(a), by clearing, grading, filing and/or excavating
approximately 18 acres of wetlands in Bethany Bay Subdivision, Sussex
County, Delaware, without a permit under Section 404 of the CWA.
The proposed consent decree would require the Defendants to: (1)
Restore or create mitigation wetlands for all wetland areas impacted by
the illegal discharges; (2) pay a $60, 000 civil penalty; and (3)
record the consent decree in the local land records to assure that
certain wetland areas remain undisturbed.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, Attention: Patricia Ross McCubbin,
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States v. Pettinaro Construction Co.,
Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4302.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at either the Clerk's
Office, United States District Court, District of Delaware, 844 King
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (telephone number: 302-573-6170), or
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20005 (telephone number: 202-624-0892). Requests for a
copy of the consent decree may be mailed to the Consent Decree Library
at the above address, and must include a check in the amount of $12.75.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-27250 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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