[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19249-19250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7270]


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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. Freeway 
Land Co., Civ. No. 07-1819-JO (D. Or.) was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Oregon on March 27, 2008.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the

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United States against Freeway Land Company pursuant to Sections 301(a) 
and 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1319, to obtain 
injunctive relief from and to impose civil penalties against the 
Defendant for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging dredged or 
fill material into waters of the United States without a Clean Water 
Act Section 404 permit. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring Defendant to pay a civil penalty. 
Additionally, the Corps is considering issuing an after-the-fact Clean 
Water Act Section 404 permit that would allow the dredged or fill 
material to remain in place, but would require wetland creation as 
mitigation. If the Corps denies the permit application, the proposed 
Decree requires Defendant to remove the dredged or fill material and 
restore the impacted area.
    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 Michael B. 
Schon, United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, 
DC 20026-3986, and refer to United States v. Freeway Land Co., DJ No. 
90-5-1-1-18205.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Oregon, 740 Mark 0. 
Hatfield United States Courthouse, 1000 SW., Third Avenue, Portland, OR 
97204-2802. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Russell M. Young,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
 [FR Doc. E8-7270 Filed 4-8-08; 8:45 am]
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