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.

Frederick T. Cline et al., No. C 96-0760 EFL (N.D. Cal.), was lodged

with the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California on September 5, 1996. The proposed decree concerns alleged

violations of sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.

1311(a) and 1344, and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899,

33 U.S.C. 403, as a result of the discharge of dredged and fill

materials into wetlands located in Sonoma County, California by

Frederic Cline and Cline Cellars, Inc. (``Cline'').

The Consent Decree provides for restoration of the wetlands in

accord with a restoration plan approved by the United States Army Corps

of Engineers and payment of a $20,000.00 civil penalty to the United

States.

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: Sylvia Quast, Trial Attorney,

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

3986, and should refer to United States of America v. Frederick T.

Cline et al., DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-6-623.

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

United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, 450

Golden Gate Avenue, Tenth Floor, San Francisco, California 94102; and

the office of District Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers,

San Francisco District, 333 Market Street, Suite 804, San Francisco,

California, 94105, (415) 977-8644.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 96-23571 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]

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