[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 32998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13296]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under
the Clean Water Act
On May 30, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged with the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia a proposed
Third Amendment to the Consent Decree previously entered in United
States and Commonwealth of Virginia v. Hampton Roads Sanitation
District, Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-481 (``Third Amendment'').
The United States filed a complaint and lodged a consent decree
concurrently in September, 2009, to address claims under the Clean
Water Act arising from sanitary sewer overflows in the service area of
the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (``HRSD''). A second amendment,
entered in 2013, extended the deadline for the completion of the
Regional Wet Weather Management Plan (``RWWMP'') in order to give HRSD
and the local governments up to three years to study, evaluate, and
implement regionalization, i.e., consolidation of ownership and control
of all the collection and treatment system under HRSD.
The regionalization study was completed but the local governments
and HRSD did not agree to transfer ownership to HRSD. This Third
Amendment provides, consistent with HRSD and the local governments'
agreement, that HRSD, as the central authority, will design, fund and
implement the projects in the RWWMP, including in systems where the
assets were owned by the local communities, so that the benefits of the
regional approach could be realized. The Third Amendment also extends a
final deadline for submission of the Regional Wet Weather Management
Plan to 2017.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Third Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States et al. v. Hampton Roads Sanitation
District, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09125. 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 proposed Third Amendment 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 Third Amendment 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 $3.25 (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. 2014-13296 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
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