[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51490-51491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24362]
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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 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a consent decree in United State of America v.
Khubani Enterprises, Inc., Civ. Act. No. 95-4729 (AJL) (D.N.J.), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey on September 18, 1995. The proposed decree concerns alleged
violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311, as a result of
the discharge of fill materials onto approximately 24.8 acres of
wetlands by Khubani Enterprises, Inc. (``Khubani''), in Fairfield
Township, Essex County, New Jersey.
The Consent Decree permanently enjoins Khubani from discharging
fill materials into any waters of the United States except in
compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations; provides for the payment of a $25,000 civil penalty to the
United States; requires compliance with an administrative order on
consent entered into between Khubani and the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection; requires restoration of at least 2.6 acres of
the violation site; and provides for a supplemental environmental
project, pursuant to which Khubani will pay $75,000 to the New Jersey
Nature Conservancy for the purchase and preservation of wetlands in the
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Johnsonburg Swamp Preserve in New Jersey.
The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to
the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of
this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, Attention: Daniel W. Pinkston, Environmental Defense Section,
P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, and should refer to United
States v. Khubani Enterprises, Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-4-354.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Federal
Building, Room 502, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; the New
York District Office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York
10278-0090, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a
check in the amount of $7.75 for a copy of the consent decree with
attachments.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 95-24362 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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