[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8141]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a Third Consent Decree Modifying First and Second
Consent Decrees in United States v. Hamm's Holiday Harbor, Inc. and
Richard E. Hamm, No. 89-1287 (C.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on March 15,
1999. This Consent Decree modifies two existing consent decrees entered
into by the Plaintiff United States and Defendants Hamm's Holiday
Harbor, Inc. and Richard E. Hamm pursuant to section 309 of the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, and section 12 of the Rivers and Harbors
Act, 33 U.S.C. 406, providing for injunctive relief and imposing civil
penalties upon the Defendants for discharge of dredged or fill material
in violation of section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1311(a), and sections 10 and 13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33
U.S.C. 403, 407, at two sites along the Illinois River in Peoria County
and Marshall County, Illinois.
The Consent Decree prohibits additional illegal discharges by the
Defendants, and requires Defendants to, among other things: (1) Forfeit
in fee a 90-acre parcel in Marshall County, Illinois to the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources (``IDNR''); (2) pay money to be used
for environmental restoration on a portion of the Marshall County site;
(3) pay stipulated penalties to the United States for Defendants'
violations of the two previous consent decrees; and (4) complete all
outstanding environmental remedial tasks at the Peoria County site that
were required under the first of the previous consent decrees.
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 Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United
States Department of Justice, Attention: Seth M. Barsky, P.O. Box
23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986 and refer to United States v. Hamm's
Holiday Harbor, Inc. and Richard E. Hamm, DJ #90-5-1-1-4444.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 305
Federal Building, 100 N.E. Monroe Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602.
Anna L. Wolgast,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-8141 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]
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