[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: 02-17363]


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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 Madonna v. United States 
Army Corps of Engineers, United States District Court for the Central 
District of California, CV 01-07515 and United States v. Madonna, 
United States District Court for the Central District of California, CV 
02-00092, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California on June 27, 2002. This proposed Consent 
Decree concerns a compliant filed by Alex Madonna, dba Madonna 
Construction Co., against the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Administrative Procedure Act to 
obtain injunctive relief from the Corps for failing to comply with 
applicable procedures for suspending and revoking Plaintiff's Clean 
Water Act permit. The proposed Consent Decree also concerns a complaint 
filed by the United States against Alex Madonna, dba Madonna 
Construction Co., pursuant to section 404 of the Clean Water Act to 
obtain injunctive relief and impose civil penalties against Madonna for 
unlawfully discharging dredged or fill material into waters of the 
United States.
    The proposed Consent Decree prohibits Madonna from discharging any 
pollutant into waters of the United States on or adjacent to the Froom 
Ranch and Boysen Ranch Sites in San Luis Obisqo, unless such discharge 
complies with the provisions of the CWA and its implementing 
regulations. The proposed Consent Decree requires the creation of 10.2 
acres of wetlands and the payment of $15,000 in civil penalties.
    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 Pamela S. 
Tonglao, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 23986, 
Washington DC 20026-3986, and refer to Madonna v. Corps. DJ 
90-5-1-4-16481.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Central District of California, 
312 North Spring Street, Los Angles, California 90012. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree my be viewed on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/enrd-home.heml.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-17363 Filed 7-9-02; 8:45 am]
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