[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17495]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Settlement Pursuant to the 
Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Stipulation of Settlement in United States 
v. Clark Equipment Company, d/b/a Melroe Company, Civil Action No. A3-
94-51, was lodged on June 17, 1996, with the United States District 
Court for the District of North Dakota Southeastern Division. The 
Stipulation resolves the United States' claims for civil penalties 
against Clark Equipment Company, for violations of Section 307(d) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1317(d), and the pretreatment 
regulations promulgated thereunder as a result of discharges from its 
facility in Gwinner, North Dakota. Under the terms of this Stipulation 
Clark must pay a civil penalty in the amount of $250,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Stipulation of Settlement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Clark Equipment Company, d/b/a Melroe 
Company, Civil Action No. A3-94-51, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4054.
    The proposed Stipulation of Settlement may be examined at the 
office of the United States Attorney, 219 Federal Building & U.S. 
Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota, the Region VIII Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th St., Suite 500, Denver 
Colorado; 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 
Stipulation of Settlement may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-17495 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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