[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62815-62816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25518]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 C.F.R. Sec.  50.7 notice is hereby given that on September 
16, 2002, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Wolcottville 
Sand and Gravel Corporation, d/b/a London Aggregates, No. 98-CV-74192 
(E.D. Mich.), and PIRGIM Public Interest Lobby v. Wolcottville Sand and 
Gravel Corporation, d/b/a London Aggregates,

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No. 98-73730 (E.D. Mich.) was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
    The United States' complaint sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for Wolcottville's violations of the conditions and 
limitations of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permit, issued by the State of Michigan pursuant to CWA 
Section 402, 33 U.S.C. 1342, at Wolcottville's limestone quarry in 
Milan, Monroe County, Michigan. Under the proposed consent decree, 
Wolcottville will modify its mining operations such that it will be 
able to eliminate all discharges at the quarry and surrender its 
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit. Wolcottville 
will also pay $75,000 to resolve the United States' claim for civil 
penalties, perform certain supplemental environmental projects at a 
cost of $360,000 in partial mitigation of the United States' civil 
penalty claims, and undertake two restoration projects in settlement of 
the citizen plaintiffs' claims.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Wolcottville Sand and Gravel 
Corporation, d/b/a London Aggregates, No. 98-CV-74192 (E.D. Mich.), 
D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4461.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 211 W. Fort Street 
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3211 (contact Assistant United States Attorney 
Mary Rigdon, 313-226-9100), and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago Illinois (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Richard 
Clarizio (312-886-0559). A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. 202-616-6584, telephone confirmation number 
202-514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $15.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-25518 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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