Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Settlement Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Settlement Pursuant to the

Clean Water Act

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

hereby given that a proposed Stipulation of Settlement in United States

v. Clark Equipment Company, d/b/a Melroe Company, Civil Action No. A3-

94-51, was lodged on June 17, 1996, with the United States District

Court for the District of North Dakota Southeastern Division. The

Stipulation resolves the United States' claims for civil penalties

against Clark Equipment Company, for violations of Section 307(d) of

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1317(d), and the pretreatment

regulations promulgated thereunder as a result of discharges from its

facility in Gwinner, North Dakota. Under the terms of this Stipulation

Clark must pay a civil penalty in the amount of $250,000.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed Stipulation of Settlement. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Clark Equipment Company, d/b/a Melroe

Company, Civil Action No. A3-94-51, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4054.

The proposed Stipulation of Settlement may be examined at the

office of the United States Attorney, 219 Federal Building & U.S.

Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota, the Region VIII Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th St., Suite 500, Denver

Colorado; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed

Stipulation of Settlement may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-17495 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]

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