[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13392]
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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 Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Final Consent Decree in United States v.
Stewart I. Cottinghan, Civil No. 4:97-1075-22 (D.S.C.), was lodged with
the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on
April 18, 1997. The proposed Consent Decree concerns alleged violations
of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
Secs. 1311(A) and 1344, resulting from the unauthorized discharge of
fill material into approximately 0.8 acre of forested wetlands adjacent
to the Little Pee Dee River in Dillon, South Carolina. The fill
material, consisting of concrete blocks, bricks, building materials,
and wood chips, was deposited into the wetlands in conjunction with the
construction of a roadway through the property.
The proposed Final Consent Decree would provide for the payment of
a $2,000 civil penalty and would permanently enjoin the Defendant from
performing future work in wetlands without the required permit(s) from
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The unauthorized fill material was
satisfactorily removed from the wetlands, with the exception of a
portion of the roadway which will remain in place under authority of
Nationwide Permit No. 32.
The U.S. Department of Justice will receive written comments
relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be
addressed to R. Emery Clark, Assisted United States Attorney, District
of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, S.C. 29201
and should refer to United States v. Stewart I. Cottingham, Civil No.
4:97-1075-22 (D.S.C.).
The proposed Final Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's
Office, United States District Court for the District of South
Carolina, Florence Division, John L. McMillan Federal Building, 401 W.
Evans Street, Florence, South Carolina 29503.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-13392 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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