[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 46369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18404]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    On July 23, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of 
Texas v. San Antonio Water System, Civil Action No. 5:13-cv-00666.
    This civil action for injunctive relief and civil penalties was 
initiated pursuant to Sections 301 and 309 of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  1311 and 1319, and provisions of the 
Texas Water Code (``TWC'') against the San Antonio Water System 
(``SAWS''), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, for: (a) Discharges of 
pollutants, including discharges from unpermitted point sources, in 
violation of Section 301 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. Sec.  1311, and 
provisions of the TWC; and (b) violations of effluent limitations and 
other conditions established in National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (also known as Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System or TPDES) permits issued to SAWS. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree, SAWS has agreed to implement comprehensive injunctive relief 
measures designed to address and eliminate illegal discharges or 
sanitary sewer overflows and violations of effluent limits. SAWS will 
pay a $2.6 million civil penalty, which will be split between the 
United States and the State.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and State of Texas v. San Antonio 
Water System, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09215. 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.............................  Acting Assistant Attorney General,
                                       U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, D.C. 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 $21.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for a copy of 
the Consent Decree without the Appendices, or a check or money order 
for $39.00 for a copy of the Consent Decree with Appendices A-H.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18404 Filed 7-30-13; 8:45 am]
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