SAN DIEGO - The federal government has filed consent decrees in U.S. District Court that spell out the terms of a settlement with the Pala Band of Mission Indians and two private companies in a legal dispute that involved allegations that dredging materials were dumped into the San Luis Rey River on tribal land.

The tribe, which denies wrongdoing, announced the settlement last month, but one proposed decree require the tribe to pay a larger civil penalty than tribal officials estimated last month.

If the decree with the tribe becomes final, the tribe must pay a $370,000 penalty to the government and $545,000 to The Nature Conservancy, a conservation organization. A separate decree calls for Valley Material and Supply Inc. - which denies that it violated the Clean Water Act in work it did on tribal land - and a related company to pay a civil penalty of $65,000.

Filed Oct. 31 in federal court, the decrees will be published in the Federal Register, and the government will accept comments from the public for 30 days before deciding whether to ask the court to make them final.