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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of 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 consent decree in United States of America v. Rueth

Builders, Inc., Civ. No. 2:96-CV-66 (N.D. Ind.), was lodged with the

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on

March 8, 1996. The proposed decree concerns alleged violations of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, as a result of the discharge of

dredged and fill materials onto approximately 0.40 acres of wetlands by

Rueth Buildings, Inc., in Dyer, Lake County, Indiana.

The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a $10,000.00 civil

penalty to the United States and permanently enjoins Rueth Builders,

Inc. from taking any actions, or causing others to take any actions,

which result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters

of the United States, as defined by the Clean Water Act and regulations

promulgated thereunder, except as in compliance with an individual

permit issued pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1344(a), or with any applicable

general permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to

the consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of

this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States

Department of Justice, Attention: Steven E. Rusak, Trial Attorney,

Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-

3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Rueth Builders,

Inc., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-556.

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

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 507 State

Street, Fourth Floor, Hammond, Indiana 46320; the office of Greg

Carlson, Wetlands Enforcement Officer, Wetlands Division, Wetlands and

Watershed Section, Wetlands Regulatory Unit, Region V of the United

States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, 16th

Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, (312) 886-0124, and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.

In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 for

a copy of the consent decree with attachments.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 96-14796 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]

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