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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8120-8121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3915]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent judgment in United States v. J.S. Alberici 
Construction Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 4:99CV00071 (CAS) (E.D. Mo.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Missouri on January 19, 1999.
    The proposed consent judgment would resolve the United States' 
allegations in the above-referenced enforcement action that Defendant 
violated Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 
and 1344, by unlawfully placing a barge and approximately 13,000 cubic 
yards of fill material into the Mississippi River in St. Louis, 
Missouri, for the purpose of repairing a loading dock area.
    The proposed consent judgment would require Defendant to pay a 
$400,000 civil penalty and to either: (1) restore the site immediately; 
or (2) apply for a permit to allow the fill to remain in place. If the 
Corps grants the permit and Defendant accepts the terms and conditions 
of the permit, such terms and conditions shall become requirements of 
the consent judgment. If, however, the Corps denies the permit or 
Defendant rejects the terms of the permit, Defendant shall comply with 
the restoration requirements of the consent judgment. The consent 
judgment would

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also require Defendant to continue an ongoing environmental educational 
program for its employees and to prepare a 30-minute video on the 
requirements of the Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent judgment for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Attention: Wendy L. Blake, Environmental 
Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, DC 20026-3986, and should 
refer to United States v. J.S. Alberici Construction Co., Inc., DJ 
Reference No. 90-5-1-1-05215.
    The proposed consent judgment may be examined at either the Clerk's 
Office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 1114 Market Street, Room 260, St. Louis, Missouri, or the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. Requests for a copy of the consent judgment may be mailed to the 
Consent Decree Library at the above address and must include a check in 
the amount of $2.50.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-3915 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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