[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]
 BILLING CODE 4410-15-P