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

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 [Federal Register: January 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2241]
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 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice gives 
notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Town of 
Greenwich, No. 01-CV-2424 (D. Conn.), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Connecticut on December 27, 2001, 
pertaining to the payment of a civil penalty and injunctive relief, in 
connection with the Town of Greenwich's (Town) violations of the Clean 
Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, issued to the Town under 
the CWA.
    Under the proposed consent decree, the Town will pay a civil 
penalty of $285,000, to be shared equally between the United States and 
the State of Connecticut, a co-plaintiff in the case, and will perform 
injunctive relief to evaluate and rehabilitate its wastewater 
collection, storage, and transmission system. The Consent Decree 
includes a release of claims alleged in the complaint.
    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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Town of Greenwich, No. 01-CV-2424 (D. Conn.), and DOJ 
Reference No. 90-5-1-1-06717.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, 157 Church 
St., 23rd floor, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, (203) 821-3700; and (2) 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 1), One 
Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114 (contact Karen McGuire in the Office 
of Regional Counsel). A copy of the proposed consent decree may be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and DOJ Reference Number and enclose a check in the 
amount of $20.75 (with attachments) or $8.50 (without attachments) (83 
pages with attachments or 34 pages without attachments at 25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1115 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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