[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-924]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with the Departmental policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of 
America and State of Louisiana v. City of Mandeville, Louisiana, Civil 
Action No. 00-366 ``R'' (5) was lodged on December 12, 2000, with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
    The Consent Decree settles an action brought under sections 309(b) 
of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319(b). The Consent Decree 
requires the City of Mandeville, Louisiana (``Mandeville'') to pay a 
civil penalty to the United States in the amount of $56,500, requires 
injunctive relief to bring Mandeville into compliance with the Clean 
Water Act, and provides for interim limits for the discharge of 
ammonia-nitrogen, biochemical oxygen demand (``BOD''), and total 
suspended solids (``TSS'') from Mandeville's public sewage treatment 
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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States of America and State of Louisiana v. City of Mandeville, 
Louisiana, (E.D. La.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-06613.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, Hale Boggs 
Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, Second Floor, New Orleans, LA 
70130, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VI, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., Third 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, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611. When requesting a copy please refer to United States of America 
and State of Louisiana v. City of Mandeville, Louisiana, (E.D. La.), 
DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-06613 enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''

Catherine McCabe,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-924 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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