[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26686]


[Federal Register: October 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Ocean Dumping Ban 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Second Order Amending the Consent Decree in United 
States and the State of New York v. Westchester County, et al., 
(S.D.N.Y.) 89 Civ. 5274 (WK), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of New York.
    The Second Order Amending the Consent Decree resolves claims for 
stipulated penalties and enforcement of the original Consent Decree 
that was entered into between the United States, the State of New York 
and Westchester County, on August 7, 1989, and amended on January 3, 
1992. Under the Second Order Amending the Consent Decree, lodged on 
October 18, 1994, Westchester County will pay $200,000 in stipulated 
penalties, and inter alia, assure beneficial use of 100% of its sludge 
product until the year 2015, and improvement of its corrosion reduction 
implemented under the Consent Decree and its amendments. The Consent 
Decree and its amendments enforce the Ocean Dumping Ban Act, 33 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1401 et seq. (``ODBA'').
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed amended Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States and the State of New York v. Westchester County, 
et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3501.
    The proposed Second Order Amending the Consent Decree may be 
examined at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern 
District of New York, 100 Church Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 
10007; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 
Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the proposed Second Order Amending the Consent Decree may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26686 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]
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