[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61867-61868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24270]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act

    On September 26, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Montana, Great Falls Division, in the lawsuit entitled United States 
v. Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, and Prairie Mountain Utility, Civil Action No. CV-13-82-GF-
DLC-RKS (SLR).
    In this action the United States filed a complaint and consent 
decree concurrently seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300g-3,300i of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(``SDWA'') for violations at five public water systems owned and/or 
operated by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the Prairie Mountain 
Utility (``PMU'') and within the exterior boundaries of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Reservation (``Reservation'') in Blaine and Phillips 
Counties, Montana. The proposed Decree requires Defendants to undertake 
a restructuring of the responsibilities of the PMU and tribal 
government, and implement a series of changes in operation of the PMU 
to ensure proper operation of the drinking water systems on the 
Reservation. The Defendants are also required pay to the United States 
civil penalties of $1,500.00 within thirty (30) days of the entry of 
the Decree.
    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. Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and Prairie Mountain Utility, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09823. 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

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Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $10.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-24270 Filed 10-3-13; 8:45 am]
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