[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06559]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Revised Second Agreement and Order Regarding
Modification of the Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
On March 18, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Revised Second Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the
Consent Decree (``Revised Second Consent Decree Modification'') with
the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of Louisiana v.
City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Civil Action No.
No. 3:01-cv-00978-BAJ-SCR.
This action was originally filed in 2001 by the United States and
the State of Louisiana under Clean Water Act (``CWA'') Section 301, 33
U.S.C. 1311, seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief for
violations related to the publically owned treatment works owned and
operated by the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge
(collectively ``the City/Parish''). On March 14, 2002, the Court
entered a Consent Decree resolving all claims in the Complaint (``the
2002 Consent Decree''). Among other requirements, the 2002 Consent
Decree required the City/Parish to complete implementation by January
1, 2015 of a project to improve its sewage collection system including
addressing Unauthorized Discharges such as sanitary sewer overflows.
Under the proposed Revised Second Consent Decree Modification, the
deadline would be extended to December 31, 2018 and the City/Parish
would implement additional work including installation of a supervisory
control and data acquisition system and installation of emergency
generators at over 400 pump stations used in the sewage collection
system.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Revised Second Consent Decree Modification. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. City of Baton
Rouge, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-2769/1. All comments must be submitted no
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By e-mail......................... [email protected].
By mail........................... Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Revised Second Consent Decree
Modification may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department
Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will
provide a paper copy of the Revised Second Consent Decree Modification
upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail
your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Please enclose a check or
money order for $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the United States Treasury.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-06559 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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