Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67935-67936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31438]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Judgment Pursuant to the 
Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Judgment in United 
States v. Blue Sky, Inc., et al., (Civil Action No. 97-Z-2153), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Colorado on October 6, 1999. The proposed Consent Judgment concerns 
alleged violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. 1311(a) & 1344, resulting from the unauthorized filling of 
approximately nine acres of wetlands adjacent to the Rio Grande River 
near Alamosa, Colorado.
    The proposed Consent Judgment would provide for the payment of a 
$65,000.00 civil penalty within thirty (30) days of entry of judgment 
and the restoration and/or creation of 9.5 acres of wetlands at the 
site. The required restoration is to consist of, among other things, 
restoration of 3.5 acres of wetland that existed on the southern 
portion of the Blue Sky property prior to 1996, and creation of an 
additional 6.0 acres of wetland in the southern portion of the property 
to mitigate for the loss of wetlands in the northern half of the 
property.
    The United States Department of Justice will receive written 
comments relating to the proposed Consent Judgment for a period of 
thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments 
should be addressed to: David A. Carson, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Environment & Natural Resources Division, Suite 945--North

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Tower, 999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, and should refer to 
United States v. Blue Sky, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 97-Z-2153 (D. 
Colo.), DJ# 90-5-1-1-4373.
    The proposed Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's 
Office, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 1929 
Stout Street, Denver, Colorado.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-31438 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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