[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 60024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20947]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 19, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Massachusetts in the lawsuit entitled United States v. City of
Haverhill, Civil Action No. 16-cv-11698-IT.
In the Complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges that the defendant City
of Haverhill violated the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1251, et
seq., and applicable regulations relating to the City's failure to
comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit
and its Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit under the
CWA. The proposed Consent Decree requires the City to pay a civil
penalty of $125,000 and undertake measures to achieve compliance with
the CWA and applicable regulations. In addition, as a Supplemental
Environmental Project the City will restore a riverbank area near
Riverside Park on the Merrimack River.
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 v. City of Haverhill, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
1-1-10992. 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: https://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 $20.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost), not including Appendices, payable to the United
States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment &
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-20947 Filed 8-30-16; 8:45 am]
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