[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5153]



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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. Power 
Poles, Inc., United States District Court for the District of Puerto 
Rico, Civil No. 07-1802 (FAB) (Docket 2), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on August 30, 
2007.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Power Poles, Inc., pursuant to Section 301(a) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to obtain injunctive relief and 
impose civil penalties against the Defendant for violating the Clean 
Water Act by discharging fill material without a permit into waters of 
the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendant to pay a civil penalty. In 
addition, the Consent Decree requires the Defendant to deposit funds 
into an escrow account for use as In Lieu Fee Mitigation.
    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 Isabel 
Mu[ntilde]oz Acosta, Torre Chard[oacute]n, Suite 1201, 350 Carlos 
Chard[oacute]n Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, and refer to United 
States v. Power Poles, Inc., United States District Court for the 
District of Puerto Rico, Civil No. 07-1802 (FAB) (Docket 2).
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, 150 
Carlos Chard[oacute]n Street, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918. In addition, 
the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Isabel Mu[ntilde]oz Acosta,
Assistant United States Attorney, for the District of Puerto Rico.
[FR Doc. 07-5153 Filed 10-18-07; 8:45 am]
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