Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Material Service Corporation, Civil Action No. 95 C 3550, has

been lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern

District of Illinois on August 10, 1999.

The Consent Decree resolves claims alleged against defendant,

Material Service Corporation (``Material Service''), under the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., and the Rivers and Harbors Act,

33 U.S.C. Sec. 403, that Material Service destroyed approximately 37

acres of high-quality wetlands and filled in parts of the Des Plaines

River without a permit. Material Service has agreed to pay a civil

penalty of $500,000 and to pay $7,000,000 to be used for restoration

and preservation of degraded wetland areas in the lower Des Plaines and

Kankakee River valleys similar to those impacted by the violation.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the

proposed consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Material Service Corporation, D.J.

Ref. 90-5-1-1-05381.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S.

Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, 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 Consent Decree may also be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 99-21977 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]

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