[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22671]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 28, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. MHC Operating Limited Partnership and United 
States v. MHC Financing Limited Partnership (N.D. Indiana), Civil 
Action Nos. 200CV509 and 200CV510, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
    This Consent Decree represents a settlement of claims brought 
against defendants (``Settling Defendants'') in the above-referenced 
actions brought under Section 301 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311, for discharging effluent from two separate sewage treatment 
facilities without a valid permit or in violation of applicable permit 
limits. the Settling Defendants are MHC Operating Limited Partnership, 
Manufactured Home Communities, Inc., MHC Financing Limited Partnership, 
and MHC-QRS, Inc.
    Under the proposed settlement, the Settling Defendants will be 
required to pay a civil penalty of $765,000 for past violations of the 
Clean Water Act. The proposed settlement also requires Manufactured 
Home Communities, Inc. and MHC Operating Limited Partnership to comply 
with the NPDES permit for its sewage treatment facility in Chesterton, 
Indiana. Because the sewage treatment facility operated by MHC-QRS, 
Inc. and MHC Financing Limited Partnership has connected to the City of 
Portage sewer system and no longer discharges pollutants directly to 
waters of the United States, the proposed settlement does not include 
similar requirements for that facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. MHC Operating Limited Partnership and United States v. 
MHC Financing Limited Partnership (N.D. Indiana), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
4496 and 90-5-1-1-4496A.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 1001 Main Street, Suite A, Dyer, Indiana 46311-1234, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 
60604. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22671 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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