[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 20674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08140]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Second Modification
Under The Clean Water Act
On April 1, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree Second Modification with the United States District
Court for the District of New Hampshire in the lawsuit entitled United
States, State of New Hampshire, and Conservation Law Foundation v. City
of Portsmouth, NH, Civil Action No. 09-cv-283-PB.
The Consent Decree Second Modification is a modification to the
2009 Clean Water Act Consent Decree that was entered into by the United
States, State of New Hampshire, and the City. This Consent Decree
Second Modification, signed by the original parties and intervenor-
plaintiff Conservation Law Foundation, revises Portsmouth's schedule
for constructing secondary wastewater treatment facilities that had
been set forth in a 2013 Consent Decree Modification. The Consent
Decree Second Modification also establishes enhanced reporting
obligations and mitigation requirements designed to counter the harm to
the Piscataqua River and Great Bay estuary caused by delayed
implementation of secondary treatment.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree Second Modification. Comments should be addressed to
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United States, State of New Hampshire,
and Conservation Law Foundation v. City of Portsmouth, NH, D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-1-1-09308. 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 Second
Modification may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department
Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide
a paper copy of the Consent Decree Second Modification 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 $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-08140 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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