[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16777]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 17, 2002, a 
Consent Decree in United States of America, Plaintiff, and Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Borough of Indiana, Defendant, 
Civil Action No. 02-CV-1079 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties under Section 301 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 for 
the Borough of Indiana, Pennsylvania's wastewater treatment plant and 
sewer collection system. The Consent Decree addresses the Borough of 
Indiana's (1) discharge of pollutants from its wastewater treatment 
plan, (2) bypassing sewage from an outfall in violation of the bypass 
prohibition in its permit, and (3) discharge of sewage from two 
unpermitted sanitary sewer overflow points in its collection system. 
Pursuant to the settlement, the Borough of Indiana will also pay a 
civil penalty of $240,000.
    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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States of America, Plaintiff, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Borough of Indiana, Defendant, D.J. Ref. 90-5-
1-1-4475.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 United States 
Post Office & Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, and at U.S. 
EPA Region III Office, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19103-2029. 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, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-
1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$29.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16777 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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