Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21977]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Material Service Corporation, Civil Action No. 95 C 3550, has 
been lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois on August 10, 1999.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims alleged against defendant, 
Material Service Corporation (``Material Service''), under the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., and the Rivers and Harbors Act, 
33 U.S.C. Sec. 403, that Material Service destroyed approximately 37 
acres of high-quality wetlands and filled in parts of the Des Plaines 
River without a permit. Material Service has agreed to pay a civil 
penalty of $500,000 and to pay $7,000,000 to be used for restoration 
and preservation of degraded wetland areas in the lower Des Plaines and 
Kankakee River valleys similar to those impacted by the violation.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Material Service Corporation, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-05381.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. 
Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21977 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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