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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Wa

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 Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Wa



[Federal Register: February 8, 1995]








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

 
 

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