[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10402-10403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02741]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On February 3, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana, Hammond Division, in the lawsuit entitled United
States and the State of Indiana v. Sanitary District of
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Hammond (N.D. Ind.), Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-00048.
The United States and the State of Indiana filed this lawsuit
against the Sanitary District of Hammond (``Defendant'') under the
Clean Water Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil
penalties for violations of Defendant's National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System permit and for failing to completely and timely
respond to an information request issued to the Defendant by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
The consent decree requires the Defendant to perform injunctive
relief, including developing and implementing a long term control plan
to reduce or eliminate discharges of untreated sewage through permitted
combined sewer overflow outfalls located in Defendant's wastewater
conveyance and treatment system. The Defendant will pay civil penalties
of $225,000 to the United States and $22,500 to the State, and will
perform a State-only Supplemental Environmental Project. The Defendant
will pay stipulated penalties of $313,500 to the United States to
resolve the Defendant's alleged violations of a separate consent decree
that the parties entered into in 1999. The Defendant will also install
and operate a disinfection system on its existing combined sewer
overflow storage basin.
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 State of Indiana v. Sanitary
District of Hammond, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3308/2. 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 U.S.
mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By U.S. 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.
For a paper copy of the entire Consent Decree with appendices (160
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost), please enclose a check
or money order for $40.00 made payable to the United States Treasury.
For a paper copy without the appendices and signature pages, the cost
is $15.75.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-02741 Filed 2-9-17; 8:45 am]
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