[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 7583-7584] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-3051] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. District of Columbia, Civil Action Nos. 84-2842 and 90-1643, was lodged on January 24, 1995 with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Consent Decree settles two actions brought under the Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., seeking injunctions and civil penalties for the District's violations of the Act, its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for operation of the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant, and an earlier consent decree covering the Blue Plains plant. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, defendant has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $500,000, to test and implement an experimental technology for reducing nitrogen discharges harmful to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay, and to undertake additional actions to improve operation of the plant. 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. District of Columbia, DOJ Refs. #90-5-1-1-3598 and #90-5-1-1-2181A. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 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. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $55.00 (25 [[Page 7584]] cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Bruce S. Gelber, Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 95-3051 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M