[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 76192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31244]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Trident 
Seafoods Corporation, Civil Action No. A02-281 CV (RRB), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska on 
November 13, 2002.
    This Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States 
against Trident Seafoods Corporation (``Trident'') for its unauthorized 
and illegal discharges of pollutants into Tongass Narrows and Akutan 
Harbor from its seafood processing facilities in Ketchikan and Akutan, 
Alaska, in violation of section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and for violations of certain effluent 
limitations and other conditions established in a general National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit issued by the 
EPA under section 402(a) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1342(a).
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Trident to (1) remediate its 
underwater waste piles, which result from Trident's discharges of 
seafood processing wastes from its Ketchikan Facility and cover more 
than three acres of the sea floor; (2) eliminate all of its discharges 
of seafood processing wastes into the Tongass Narrows for a period of 
three years; (3) implement improved operation and maintenance measures 
at its Ketchikan Facility to ensure compliance with numerous effluent 
limitations; (4) pay a civil penalty in the amount of $96,000.00; and 
(5) conduct a supplemental environmental project (``SEP'') involving an 
economic study evaluating treatment alternatives for its seafood 
processing wastes.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Trident Seafoods 
Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-2002/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Alaska, Federal Building & United States 
Courthouse, 222 West 7th Avenue, Room 253, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513-
7567, and at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region X, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. 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. When 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five 
cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' in 
the amount of $8.25, and please reference United States v. Trident 
Seafoods Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-2002/1.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-31244 Filed 12-10-02; 8:45 am]
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