Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act
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[Federal Register: August 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 47247]
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 Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2006, a proposed consent
decree in United States, et al. v. City of Brockton, Massachusetts,
Civil Action No. 06-11334-NMG, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts' claims for violations of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act,
Mass. Gen. Laws c. 21, Sec. Sec. 26, et seq., related to the City's
alleged failure to comply with its discharge permit relating to the
City's publically-owned treatment works (POTW). Pursuant to the
proposed consent decree, the City will pay $120,000 as civil penalty
for such violations, perform three supplemental environmental projects
at a cost of $180,000, as well as institute necessary improvements at
the POTW at an estimated cost of $95 million.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States, et al., v. City of Brockton, Massachusetts, Civil Action No.
06-11334-NMG, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-08161.
The proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main
Street, U.S. Courthouse, Room 310, Springfield, MA. During the public
comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also
be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or
e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If
requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please so note and
enclose a check in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6937 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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