Lodging of Consent Decree; Salt Pond Associates

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree; Salt Pond Associates

In keeping with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a consent decree in Salt Pond Associates v. United States

Army Corps of Engineers, et al., Civ. No. 92-597-LON (D. Del.), was

lodged with the United States District Court for the District of

Delaware on or about January 10, 1994. This consent decree concerns

counterclaims filed in the above-entitled action by the United States

pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.

The counterclaims seek a permanent injunction and civil penalties for

plaintiff Salt Pond Associates' alleged violations of section 301(a) of

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C 1311(a), and section 10 of the Rivers and

Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403. The consent decree allows certain

work conducted in wetlands and other waters of the United States to

remain in place subject to Salt Pond Associates' compliance with

restoration and mitigation requirements, and imposes a civil penalty of

two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) on Salt Pond Associates.

Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice will accept

written comments on the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days

after the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.

Comments should be addressed as follows: Assistant Attorney General/

Environment and Natural Resources Division/United States Department of

Justice/Attention: Timothy Burns/Environmental Defense Section/P.O. Box

23986/Washington, DC 20026-3986. Comments should reference Salt Pond

Associates v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al., No. 90-5-

1-6-498.

The consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office/United

States District Court/District of Delaware/844 King Street/Wilmington,

Delaware (contact the Clerk at (302) 573-6170). It may also be examined

at the United States Department of Justice/Environmental Defense

Section/10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW./Washington, DC

(contact Kevin Christof at (202) 514-0985).

Timothy Burns,

Trial Attorney, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural

Resources Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 94-655 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]

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