[Federal Register: March 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 41)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
Thompson, No. 4:06-cv-549 was lodged with the United States District
Court for the District of South Carolina on February 22, 2006.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Jerry Thompson and Virginia Thompson, pursuant to
Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344,
to obtain injunctive relief from the defendants for violating the Clean
Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the
United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations
by requiring the restoration of the impacted wetlands to their previous
condition, the purchase of off-site mitigation credits and the payment
of a civil penalty. The Department of Justice will accept written
comments relating to this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days
from the date of publication of this Notice. Please address comments to
R. Emery Clark, Office of the United States Attorney for the District
of South Carolina, Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 1441 Main Street,
Columbia, South Carolina 29201 and refer to United States v. Thompson,
No. 4:06-cv-549.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, United
States Courthouse, 901 Richland Lane, Columbia, South Carolina. In
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/fxsp0
;enrd/open.html.
Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1922 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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