[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37706-37707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18078]


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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, 38 FR 19029, notice is hereby given 
that on June 28, 2001, a Consent Decree was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in United 
States v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation Civil Action No. 01-
11121-RWZ. A complaint in the action was also filed simultaneously with 
the lodging of the Consent Decree. In the complaint the United States, 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges 
that the defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 
violated the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., at nine Amtrak 
facilities in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The 
violations involve EPA requirements for control of storm water 
discharges; requirements of Amtrak's pollutant discharge permits; 
pretreatment requirements; Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure 
requirements; and a small oil spill into navigable waters. The consent 
decree requires Amtrak to pay a cash penalty of $500,000, and implement 
two Supplemental Environmental Projects at a cost of $900,000. The 
consent decree also requires Amtrak to comply with relevant 
environmental laws at the nine identified facilities, and to also 
conduct a multi-media compliance audit for each of its 51 facilities 
nation-wide. Amtrak is also required to implement a comprehensive 
Environmental Management System involving the entire company.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-06798.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 9200, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02110, and at the Region I office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose 
a

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check (there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of 
$37.75 payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18078 Filed 7-18-01; 8:45 am]
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