[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 25715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10104]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Revised 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 revised notice extends the period for
public comment on the Consent Decree Second Modification. All comments
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication
date of this revised notice. 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. 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.
Jeffrey K. Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-10104 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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