[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 232 (Thursday, December 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66818-66819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32214]
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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. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Brickeys Stone,
L.L.C., Civil Action No. 498-CV-01939 (FRB) (E.D. Mo.), was lodged with
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
on November 20, 1998.
The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States'
allegations in the above-referenced enforcement action that Defendant
violated Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311
and 1344, by unlawfully placing a 6,800 square foot barge into the
Mississippi River and placing approximately 1,500 cubic yards of fill
material into and along the banks of that same river.
The proposed consent decree would require Defendant to pay a
$150,000 civil penalty and to either: (1) restore the site; or (2)
apply for a permit to allow the fill to remain in place and (a) if such
permit is granted, comply with the terms and conditions set forth
therein; or (b) if such permit is denied, comply with the restoration
requirements of the decree. The decree would also require Defendant to
host two public workshops on compliance with the Clean Water Act and
Rivers and Harbors Act.
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: Wendy L. Blake, Environmental
Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20226-3986, and
should refer to United States v. Brickeys Stone, L.L.C., DJ Reference
No. 90-5-1-1-05173.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at either the Clerk's
Office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Missouri, 1114 Market Street, Room 260, St. Louis, Missouri, or the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. Requests for a copy of the consent decree may be mailed to
the Consent Decree Library at
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the above address and must include a check in the amount of $2.75.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-32214 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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