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 Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Cumberland

Farms, Inc., et al., Civil No. 91-10051-MLW (D. Mass.), was lodged with

the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on

July 25, 1996.

The Consent Decree concerns alleged violations of section 301(a) of

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311(a), resulting from the

defendants' discharge of fill material into wetlands without a permit

from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Cumberland Farms, Inc. and other

parties unlawfully filled freshwater wetlands to create approximately

176 acres of cranberry beds at three separate sites in Hanson and

Halifax, Massachusetts. Under the Consent Decree, Cumberland Farms,

Inc. will pay a $50,000 civil penalty, establish a 30 acre wildlife and

wetlands corridor, and transfer 225 acres of property to the

Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law

Enforcement for conservation purposes.

The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to

the proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addresses to James W.

Rubin, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Policy, Legislation and

Special Litigation Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

P.O. Box 4390, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-4390, and

should refer to United States v. Cumberland Farms, Inc., et al., Civil

No. 91-10051-MLW (D. Mass.).

The Consent Judgment may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United

States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack

Post Office and Court House, 90 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109.

Anna Wolgast,

Acting Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-19596 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]

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