[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31032]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 19, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Connecticut in the lawsuit entitled United States v. City of West 
Haven, Connecticut, Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-01883-JCH.
    In the Complaint the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges that the defendant City 
of West Haven (``West Haven'') violated the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 
33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and applicable regulations relating to West 
Haven's unauthorized discharges from the waste water collection system 
owned and operated by the City. Specifically, the United States alleges 
that on numerous occasions between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 
2011, the collection system experienced sanitary sewer overflows 
(``SSOs''), resulting in the discharge of untreated municipal 
wastewater containing pollutants from unpermitted point sources to 
waters of the United States. The Consent Decree requires West Haven to 
pay a civil penalty of $125,000 in three installments, with interest, 
divided between the United States and the State of Connecticut, and to 
undertake various measures to study and correct the problems causing 
the SSOs in order to achieve compliance with the CWA and applicable 
regulations.
    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 West Haven, Connecticut, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10543. 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...........................  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 $13.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), not including Appendices, payable to the United 
States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-31032 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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