[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10576]
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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 States v. Valley Concrete
and Materials, Inc., Civ. No. 903-0-845 PHX CAM (D. Ariz.), was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on or
about April 22, 1996. The proposed consent decree concerns a compliant
filed by the United States against Valley Concrete and Materials, Inc.,
pursuant to section 309 of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1319, to obtain injunctive relief and impose civil penalties upon
the Defendant for discharges of dredged or fill material into the Verde
River near Cottonwood, Arizona in violation of CWA section 301, 33
U.S.C. Sec. 1311(a), and for violation of an EPA Administrative Order
issued pursuant to CWA section 309(a), 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1319(a).
The Consent Decree requires Valley Concrete and Materials, Inc. to
pay a civil penalty of $15,000.00 to the United States Treasury. The
Consent Decree also prohibits additional illegal discharges by the
Defendant at the Verde River site.
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, Department of
Justice, Attention: David A. Carson, Suite 945--North Tower, 999 18th
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202 and should refer to United States v.
Valley Concrete and Materials, Inc. DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-3649.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court, Room 1400, United States Courthouse, 230
North First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85025-0093, and at the United
States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource
Division, Suite 945--North Tower, 999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado
80207 (contact Erin Perkins at (303) 312-7385).
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-10576 Filed 04-29-96; 8:45 am]
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