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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Lodging of Consent Decree in Clean Water Act Case: United States, 
et al. v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al.

    In accordance with Department policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on February 11, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States, et al. v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al. (Civ. No. 87-
70992) was lodged in the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Michigan.
    The United States filed the complaint commencing this enforcement 
action in 1987, under the Clean Water Act (``Act''), 33 U.S.C. Section 
1251 et seq., alleging violations of Act and the National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') Permit that applies to the 
waste water treatment plant (``Plant'') owned and operated by Wayne 
County, Michigan, and located at 797 Central Ave, Wyandotte, Michigan. 
The State of Michigan is a co-Plaintiff, and fourteen units of local 
government served by the Plant are named as Defendants along with Wayne 
County.
    The United States, State, and all Defendants are signatories to the 
proposed Consent Decree, under which the Defendants shall design, 
construct, operate, and maintain significant, additional facilities--
construction of which is presently estimated to cost about $230 
million. These facilities will improve both the quality and capacity of 
treatment provided by the Plant and also give the Plant significant 
transport and storage capacity--in the form of underground tunnels and 
above-ground equalization basins--for waste water that Plaintiffs 
believe is bypassed without treatment into the waters of the United 
States. The Decree also requires that Wayne County pay a civil penalty 
of $413,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States, et al. v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-
2766.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the offices of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 817 Federal 
Building, 231 West Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, and at the 
offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Office 
of Regional Counsel, 111 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. Copies 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $20.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-4785 Filed 3-2-94; 8:45 am]
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