[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19485]


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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 of America 
v. Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, et al., No. CV 04-58-BU-RWA, (D. 
Mt.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Montana on August 9, 2004.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, Yellowstone 
Development, LLC, Blixseth Group, Inc. and The Ranches of Yellowstone 
Club, LLC pursuant to section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d), to obtain injunctive relief from 
and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the 
Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters 
of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore impacted areas, 
perform mitigation and to pay a civil penalty.
    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 Leif Johnson, 
Assistant United States Attorney, P.O. Box 1478, Billings, Montana 
59103 and refer to United States of America v. Yellowstone Mountain 
Club, LLC, et al. and DJ  90-5-1-1-16831.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Montana, Butte 
Division, 303 Federal Building, 400 North Main St., Butte, Montana 
59701. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Scott Schachter,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-19485 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]
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