[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 45763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17362]


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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. 
Betteroads Asphalt Corporation, No. 02-1548(DRD), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on April 
9, 2002. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Betteroads Asphalt Corporation (``Defendant'') 
under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to obtain injunctive 
relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant for the 
unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States 
on the Rio Grande de A[ntilde]asco, at the Municipality of 
A[ntilde]asco, Puerto Rico
    The proposed Consent Decree, among other things, (1) enjoins the 
Defendant from taking any actions that would discharge dredged or fill 
material into waters of the United States except in compliance with the 
provisions of the Clean Water Act and its implementing regulations, (2) 
requires the Defendant to pay civil penalties in the amount of 
$100,000.00; and (3) requires the Defendant to make an additional 
donation of $75,000.00 to the Fundacion para la Conservacion de la 
Paloma Sabanera, Inc. (Foundation for the Conservation of the Sabanera 
Pigeon).
    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 Angeline Purdy, 
Trial Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986. All comments must 
refer to United States v. Betteroads Asphalt Corporation, Department of 
Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-4-16212.
    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/open.html.

Mary F. Edgar,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environmental & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-17362 Filed 7-9-02; 8:45 am]
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