[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13706-13707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Second Modified Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Water Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
February 22, 2013, a Second Modified Consent Decree in United States 
and League of Women Voters of New Orleans, et al. v. Sewerage and Water 
Board of New Orleans, et al., C.A. No. 2:93-cv-03212-MVL (E.D. La.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans 
(``Board'') is currently implementing the Modified Consent Decree, 
which was approved by the Court on March 23, 2010. The Modified Consent 
Decree incorporates comprehensive remedial measures designed to 
address, prevent, and eliminate unauthorized discharges from the East 
Bank collection system. The Second Modified Consent Decree extends 
certain dates in the Modified Consent Decree for completing remedial 
work in two basins. Specifically, the Second Modified Consent Decree 
extends the dates for completing remedial work at the Ninth Ward basin 
from March 31, 2013 to March 31, 2018

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and at the New Orleans East basin from October 31, 2013 to October 31, 
2019. The parties have agreed to extend the dates due to continuing 
effects of Hurricane Katrina, including logistical, engineering and 
financial, that prevent the Board from timely completing remedial work 
at the two above-mentioned basins under the completion dates set forth 
in the Modified Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Second Modified Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, and either emailed to [email protected], or 
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States and League of Women 
Voters of New Orleans, et al. v. Sewerage and Water Board of New 
Orleans, et al., Department of Justice No. 90-5-1-1-4032.
    During the comment period, the proposed Second Modified Consent 
Decree may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Second 
Modified Consent Decree may also be obtained from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, or by faxing or emailing a request to ``Consent Decree 
Copy'' ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. In requesting a copy of the Consent 
Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $15.00 (25 cents per page production cost) for the Consent 
Decree without exhibits as listed on page iv. Several of the exhibits 
are voluminous and the same cost (25 cents per page) will apply. If one 
or more of the exhibits are requested, fax or email the request to 
``Consent Decree Copy'' as indicated above and provide the requester's 
contact information to receive the cost of the requested exhibits. Make 
checks payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a 
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-04624 Filed 2-27-13; 8:45 am]
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