[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2509]


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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. Donald 
Lee Prow, et al., Civil Action No. 05-1452-RHK (D. Minn.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on 
March 2, 2006.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Donald Lee Prow, individually and d/b/a/ 
Rochester Topsoil, Inc.; Donald Bryce Prow, individually and d/b/a/ 
Rochester Topsoil, Inc.; and Rochester Topsoil, Inc., pursuant to 
section 309(b), 309(d), and 404 of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 
U.S.C. 1319(b), 1319(d) and 1344, to obtain injunctive relief from and 
impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the Clean 
Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit, and in violation 
of a permit, into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendants to 
restore the impacted areas, perform mitigation and 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 Joshau M. Levin, 
Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, 
Washington, DC 20026-3986, and refer to United States v. Don Prow, et 
al., DJ 90-5-1-1-16552.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, at either 
of two addresses: 202 U.S. Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, 
Minneapolis, MN 55415, or 180 E. Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101. In 
additional, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
Scott A. Schachter,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-2509 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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