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 on December 16, 1999, the United States lodged a

consent decree in United States v. St. Charles Riverfront Station,

Inc., Civil Action No. 4:99CV01978SNL (E.D.Mo.), with the Untied States

District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States'

allegations that Defendant St. Charles Riverfront Station violated

sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344,

and section 12 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. 406, by

unlawfully discharging dredged material into the Missouri River in St.

Charles County, Missouri. The proposed consent decree would require

Defendant to pay a $550,000 civil penalty. The proposed decree also

provides that Defendant is enjoined from discharging pollutants into

waters of the United

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States except as authorized by the Clean Water Act and Rivers and

Harbors Act.

The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to

the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice, Attention: Wendy L. Blake, Environmental

Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986, and

should refer to United States v. St. Charles Riverfront Station, Inc.,

DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-05577.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office

of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Missouri, 1114 Market Street, Room 260, St. Louis, Missouri.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 99-33835 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]

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