[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42801-42802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17088]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On July 11, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina (Southern Division) in the lawsuit entitled
United States v. City of Wilmington, N.C., New Hanover County, N.C.,
and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, (the ``Defendants'') and the
State of North Carolina, as a Necessary Party required by 33 U.S.C.
Section 1319(e), Civil Action No. 7:13-cv-144-BO. The Consent Decree
resolves claims against the Defendants under Sections 301 and 402 of
the Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1342, for
discharges of pollutants from unpermitted point sources, and for
violations of operation and maintenance requirements of the Defendants'
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permits
from at least 2003 through the date of filing of the complaint and the
lodging of this Consent Decree. The Consent Decree requires the Cape
Fear Public Utility Authority (the ``Authority'') to implement
injunctive relief within approximately two years from entry of the
Consent Decree with the goal of eliminating sanitary sewer overflows
(``SSOs''). The Consent Decree sets forth specific actions the
Authority must take to achieve compliance with the Act. In addition,
the Consent Decree requires the payment of a civil penalty of $300,000.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States v. City of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority,(the ``Defendants'') and
the State of North Carolina, D.O.J. No. 90-5-1-1-09405. 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 email............................ [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 Consent Decree 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 Consent Decree 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 $14.75 (25 cents per page
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reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-17088 Filed 7-16-13; 8:45 am]
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