[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32327]


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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 proposed Consent Decree in United States v. HPS&R, 
Inc, Case No. 7:99-CV-222-BR(1) (E.D.N.C.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on 
November 22, 1999. The proposed Consent Decree concerns alleged 
violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311(a) and 1344, resulting from Defendant's unauthorized discharge of 
dredged and/or fill material into waters of the United States at the 
Phillips-Sabiston Estate in Onslow County, North Carolina.
    The proposed Consent Decree would require the payment of a civil 
penalty of $85,000 and preservation of 100 acres of wetlands as a 
supplemental environmental project.
    The United States 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 S. Randall Humm, Attorney, United States Department of 
Justice, environmental Defense Section, PO Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 
20026-3986, and should refer to United States v. HPS&R, Inc, Case No. 
7:99-CV-222-BR(1) (E.D.N.C.).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, 310 New Bern Avenue, Federal Building, 5th Floor, Raleigh, 
North Carolina.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-32327 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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