Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Water Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 179 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23529]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a consent decree in United States of America 
versus Frederick T. Cline et al., No. C 96-0760 EFL (N.D. Cal.), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of California on September 5, 1996. The proposed decree concerns 
alleged violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. Secs. 1311(a) and 1344, and section 10 of the Rivers and 
Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 4023, as a result of the discharge 
of dredged and fill materials into wetlands located in Sonoma County, 
California by Frederic Cline and Cline Cellars, Inc (``Cline'').
    The Consent Decree provides for restoration of the wetlands in 
accord with a restoration plan approved by the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers and payment of a $20,000.00 civil penalty to the United 
States.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States 
Department of Justice, Attention: Sylvia Quast, Trail Attorney, 
Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-
3986, and should refer to United States of America versus Frederick T. 
Cline et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-623.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Offices of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, 450 
Golden Gate Avenue, Tenth Floor, San Francisco, California 94102; and 
the office of District Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
San Francisco District, 333 Market Street, Suite 804, San Francisco, 
California 94105, (415) 977-8644.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-23529 Filed 9-12-96; 8:45 am]
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