[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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