[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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