[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 20022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10621]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. The 
Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No. 2:93 CV 225 JM, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Indiana on March 24, 1997. This proposed consent decree 
would resolve the United States' civil claims against the Town of 
Griffith, Indiana under the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1251 et seq. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, 
Griffith will pay a civil penalty of $132,000--to be divided between 
the United States ($79,200) and the State of Indiana ($52,800)--and 
perform injunctive relief.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. The Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No. 
2:93 CV 225 JM, and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-
3308A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1001 Main Street, Suite 
A; Dyer, IN 46311; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590; and 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 $7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10621 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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