[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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