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 proposed Final Consent Decree in United States v.

William J. Hall, Civil No. 2:97-0167-12 (D.S.C.), was lodged with the

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on July

20, 1998. 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,

resulting from Defendant's clearing and unlawfully discharging fill

material into approximately 0.91 acre of palustrine-forested wetlands.

The violations occurred in a tract owned by the Defendant and known as

the Marshall Creek Subdivision on Johns Island, Charleston County,

South Carolina.

The proposed Final Consent Decree would provide for off-site

mitigation, to be approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the

payment of a $5,000 civil penalty.

The U.S. Department of Justice will receive written comments

relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be

addressed to R. Emery Clark, Assistant United States Attorney, District

of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, SC 29201, and

should refer to United States v. William J. Hall, Civil No. 2:97-0167-

12 (D.S.C.).

The proposed Final Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's

Office, United States District Court for the District of South

Carolina, Charleston Division, Hollings Judicial Center, Meeting and

Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina 29401.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98-25664 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]

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