[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50873-50874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20620]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 17, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled United States of
America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Environmental Protection v. Delaware County Regional Water Quality
Control Authority (DELCORA), Civil Action No. 15-4652.
This action addresses the combined sewer system in the City of
Chester, and throughout Delaware County, PA. The lawsuit seeks civil
penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to sections 309(b) and (d) of
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d), for violations
including failure to develop a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP),
unpermitted
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sewage discharges, and effluent limit exceedances. The proposed Consent
Decree requires DELCORA to develop and implement an LTCP and a Nine
Minimum Controls plan to control combined sewer overflows and bring its
combined sewer system into good operation and maintenance, and to pay a
civil penalty of $1,375,000. The proposed Consent Decree also resolves
concurrent claims under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law alleged in
the Joint Complaint by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection.
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 and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection v. Delaware County Regional
Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-
10972. 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.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $16.00 (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. 2015-20620 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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