[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4227]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a Consent Judgment in United States v. Bostic, et al,
Civil No. 92-101-4 (E.D.N.C), was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on November
8, 1994.
The Consent Judgment concerns alleged violations of section 301(a)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), resulting from the
defendants' unauthorized conversion of 147 acres of pocosin wetlands on
a 194-acre site in Onslow County, North Carolina. Before agreeing to
the terms of the Consent Judgment, defendants completed restoration of
part of the property to the satisfaction of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA''), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(``Corps''), and North Carolina state erosion experts. Under the
Consent Judgment, defendants would admit liability for their violations
and agree to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to the United States. They
would further agree to establish a buffer zone along the southern edge
of the violation site to protect nearby Mill Creek from future erosion
or development and to then transfer title of this buffer zone to an
approved third party grantee, such as the North Carolina Coastal Land
Trust, within 180 days of signing the Consent Judgment. Failure to
create the buffer zone or to comply with the transfer of title
provision would result in the payment to the United States of an
additional $40,000 in stipulated penalties.
The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to Russell
Young, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense
Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, should refer to
United States v. Bostic, et al., Civil No. 92-101-4 (E.D.N.C.), and
should also make reference to DJ# 90-5-1-1-3715.
The Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United
States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, P.O.
Box 25670, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 95-4227 Filed 2-21-95; 8:45 am]
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