Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States vs.

Rybachek, Civil Action No. F86-059 Civil, was lodged on March 10, 1994

with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The

complaint in this case alleged that defendants Stanley C. and Rosalie

A. Rybachek discharged pollutants from their gold placer mine near

Livengood, Alaska into Wilbur Creek without authorization in a valid

permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES).

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Rybachek, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-2574.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 222 W. Seventh Ave., Anchorage, Alaska; the

Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth

Ave., Seattle, Washington; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of

the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington,

DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $3.50, payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

John C. Cruden, Chief,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 94-7584 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]

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