[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17848]


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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. 
Congaree Downs Limited Partnership, et al., Case No. 3:05-cv-02505, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina on August 30, 2005. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a 
complaint filed by the United States against the Defendants pursuant to 
Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to 
obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the 
Defendants for filling wetlands without a permit.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the defendants to pay a civil 
penalty and restore the impacted wetland to its natural grade contour. 
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 Emery Clark, 
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, 
Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 1441 Main Street, Columbia, South 
Carolina 29201 and refer to United States v. Congaree Downs Limited 
Partnership, et al., Case No. 3:05-cv-02505.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, 901 
Richland Lane, Columbia, South Carolina.
    In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed on the World 
Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-17848 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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