[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 67793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27938]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On October 26, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Iowa in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of
Iowa v. City of Waterloo, Civil Action No. 6:15-cv-02087-LRR, Dkt. #3.
The United States, on behalf the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA''), and the State of Iowa filed a complaint
against the City of Waterloo seeking injunctive relief and the
imposition of civil penalties for illegal discharges of pollutants,
including untreated sewage, from the City's sanitary sewer system, and
for violations of the conditions established in the City's National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit for the sewer
system. The consent decree requires the City to conduct assessments of
its sewer system and develop a plan of remedial measures to prevent
future violations, and to pay $272,000 in settlement, split between the
United States and the State of Iowa.
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 State of Iowa v. City of Waterloo,
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10719. 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.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 $31.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $11.25.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-27938 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am]
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