[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12324]
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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 of America v.
Ritschard Brothers, Inc. Carmelo Ritschard, and Donald Ritschard, No.
3:96-CV-310AS (N.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Indiana on May 9, 1996.
The proposed consent decree concerns alleged violations of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311, as a result of the discharge of
fill material onto portions of property located in St. Joseph County,
Indiana, which are alleged to constitute ``waters of the United
States.'' The consent decree requires Ritschard Brothers, Inc., Carmelo
Ritschard, and Donald Ritschard to (1) refrain from further discharges
at the wetland; (2) perform partial restoration at the wetland; (3)
monoitor the fill material for three years, to ensure that no hazardous
substances are leaching into the wetland; (4) place a conservation
easement on the portion of the wetland and surrounding uplands which
the Ritschard own; (5) pay a portion of the purchase price of a 120-
acre farmland parcel, and perform all necessary design and construction
necessary to create a mitigation wetland; and (6) pay a penalty of
$20,000 to the United States Treasury.
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: Daniel R. Dertke, 10th &
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 7215--Main Building, Washington, D.C.
20530 and should refer to United States v. Ritschard Brothers, Inc., DJ
Reference No. 90-5-1-6-555.
The consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United
States District Court, Room 102, Robert A. Grant Federal Building and
U.S. Courthouse, 204 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana, 46601.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-12324 Filed 5-15-95; 8:45 am]
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