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 Consent Decree in United States v.

Machnik Bros., Inc., Civil No. 3:98-CV-1828 (D. Conn.), was lodged with

the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on

September 15, 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 unauthorized discharge of

approximately 190 cubic yards of dredged material into Niantic Bay,

Niantic, Connecticut. The Defendant was hired by the Niantic Bay Yacht

Club to perform maintenance dredging the Niantic Bay pursuant to permit

issued by the Corps of Engineers, but violated the conditions of the

permit by disposing of the dredged material in the Bay instead of at an

authorized upland location.

The proposed Consent Decree would require the payment of a civil

penalty and would permanently enjoin the Defendant from future

violations of the Clean Water Act.

Ther 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 Sharon E. Jaffe, Assistant United States Attorney,

District of Connecticut, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Room 309, Bridgeport, CT

06604, and should refer to United States v. Machnik Bros., Inc., Civil

No. 3:98-CV-1828 (D. Conn.).

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

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 450 Main

Street, Hartford, CT 06103.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98-26980 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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