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

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 [Federal Register: December 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 72428]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. City of 
Galax, Virginia, Civil Action No. 7:01CV00925, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia on 
November 14, 2002.
    The consent decree resolves claims pursuant to section 309(e) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(e), for past violations of permit 
limits for nitrate plus nitrite and total suspended solids, and for 
failures to monitor stream flow rates. The decree obligates Defendant 
Galax to pay a civil penalty of $50,000; expend $50,000 over two years 
to implement supplemental environmental projects consisting of the 
construction of livestock watering systems, fencing, and other measures 
to limit agricultural runoff into Chestnut Creek upstream of Galax, 
Virginia; and operate its sewage pumping stations in a manner designed 
to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 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. Each communication should refer on 
its face to United States v. City of Galax, Virginia, DOJ #90-
5-1-1-07198.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 105 
Franklin Road, SW., Roanoke, VA 24011-2305; and the Region VIII Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by 
faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, fax number (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation (202) 
514-1547. In requesting a copy, please forward the request and a check 
in the amount of $14.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the U.S. Treasury, referencing the DOJ Consent Decree Library, 
United States v. City of Galax, Virginia, DOJ #90-5-1-1-07198, 
to the first-class mail address listed above.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-30798 Filed 12-4-02; 8:45 am]
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