[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51397-51398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20996]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 11, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree in Environment Rhode Island et al. and the

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United States and Rhode Island v. City of Newport, Rhode Island, 
Civil Action No. 08-265S, was filed with the United States District 
Court for Rhode Island.

    In this action, the United States and the other plaintiffs sought 
penalties and injunctive relief for the Defendant's violations of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., at its sewer system and water 
pollution control plant. To resolve the United States' claims, the 
Defendants will pay a penalty of $170,000, and will undertake extensive 
work to its sewer system and water pollution control plant to eliminate 
violations of the Clean Water Act.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
either: Environment Rhode Island et al. and the United States and Rhode 
Island v. City of Newport, Rhode Island, Civil Action No. 08-265S, or 
D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09855. The Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, Fleet 
Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, 
and at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office 
Square, Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. During the public 
comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check, payable to the U.S. Treasury, in the amount of $21.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost), or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in the applicable amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-20996 Filed 8-17-11; 8:45 am]
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