[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24792]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7. notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Caribbean Airport Facilities, Inc, and Anthony Tirri, Civil Action No. 
01-2178 (JAG) (D.P.R.), was lodged with the United States Court for the 
District of Puerto Rico on September 5, 2001. This proposed Consent 
Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against 
Caribbean Airport Facilities, Inc. and Anthony Tirri, pursuant to the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344, to obtain injunctive relief 
from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for the 
unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States 
in the Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, and for noncompliance 
with the conditions and limitations of two permits issued by the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers under 33 U.S.C. 1344(a).
    The proposed Consent Decree, among other things, (1) enjoins the 
Defendants from taking any actions that would discharge dredge or fill 
material into waters of the United States except in compliance with a 
permit issued pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1344, (2) provides for mitigation 
for the environmental harm caused by Defendants' past discharges, and 
(3) requires the Defendants to pay civil penalties in the amount of 
$300,000.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to Scott Jordan, 
Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986. All comments must 
refer to United States v. Caribbean Airport Facilities, Inc, and 
Anthony Tirri, Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-05837.
    The proposed Consent Decree is on file at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico at 
Frederico Degetau Federal Building, 150 Carlos Chardon Avenue, Hato 
Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, and may be examined there to the extent allowed 
by the rules of the Clerk's Office. In addition, the proposed Consent 
Decree may be viewed on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ltopics.htm.

Mary F. Edgar,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-24792 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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