[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 179 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23529]
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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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a consent decree in United States of America
versus Frederick T. Cline et al., No. C 96-0760 EFL (N.D. Cal.), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District
of California on September 5, 1996. The proposed decree concerns
alleged violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act,
33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311(a) and 1344, and section 10 of the Rivers and
Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 4023, as a result of the discharge
of dredged and fill materials into wetlands located in Sonoma County,
California by Frederic Cline and Cline Cellars, Inc (``Cline'').
The Consent Decree provides for restoration of the wetlands in
accord with a restoration plan approved by the United States Army Corps
of Engineers and payment of a $20,000.00 civil penalty to the United
States.
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, United States
Department of Justice, Attention: Sylvia Quast, Trail Attorney,
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America versus Frederick T.
Cline et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-623.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, 450
Golden Gate Avenue, Tenth Floor, San Francisco, California 94102; and
the office of District Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers,
San Francisco District, 333 Market Street, Suite 804, San Francisco,
California 94105, (415) 977-8644.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-23529 Filed 9-12-96; 8:45 am]
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