[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15869-15870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07604]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Water Act

    On April 5, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Amendment to the Consent Decree on Combined Sewer Overflows, Wastewater 
Treatment Plants and Implementation of Capacity Assurance Program Plan 
for Sanitary Sewer Overflows (``Amendment to the Global Decree'') with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 
the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. Board of County 
Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati, Civil 
Action No. C-1-02-107. On April 3, 2018, the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and the 
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (collectively, 
``regulators'') conditionally approved defendants' proposal to modify 
their Wet Weather Improvement Plan (``WWIP'') to (a) change the date 
for submission of the required Phase 2 schedule to June 30, 2018, and 
(b) require Defendants to implement a ``bridge schedule'' of specified 
remedial measures expected to cost approximately $49 million by 
December 31, 2019. The regulators' approval is conditioned on the 
Court's entry of this Amendment to the Global Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Amendment to the Global Decree, which is available for 
public review as described below. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States et al. v. Board of County 
Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-1-6-341A. 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 Amendment to the Global 
Decree and the related modifications to the WWIP may be examined and 
downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the Amendment to 
the Global Decree and the associated WWIP modifications 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 $7.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost, applicable only to

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requests for a paper copy) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-07604 Filed 4-11-18; 8:45 am]
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