[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15867]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United
States of America and the State of Maryland v. Baltimore County,
Maryland, AMD 05CV2028, was lodged on July 26, 2005, with the United
States District Court for the District of Maryland.
In the complaint filed in this matter, the United States alleges
violations of section 301 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, and
Maryland alleges violations of Sections 9-322 and 9-323 of the Maryland
Environment Article, arising from unpermitted discharges of wastewater
from Baltimore County's sanitary sewer collection system to various
waters of the United States and the State. The proposed Consent Decree
would resolve the United States' and Maryland's claims set forth in the
complaint through Baltimore County's performance of injunctive
measures, the payment of a civil penalty of $750,000 (shared equally by
the United States and Maryland), and the performance of three
supplemental Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') valued at no less than
$4,500,000. Baltimore County has estimated that the injunctive
measures, which include comprehensive inspection, rehabilitation, and
repair requirements for sewer lines, pump stations, and other system
components, will cost in excess of $800,000,000 to implement over the
14\1/2\ year schedule set forth in the consent decree.
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 Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044, and
should refer to United States et al. v. Baltimore County, Maryland, DJ
No. 90-5-1-1-4402/2.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, 36 S. Charles
Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, and at the Region 3 Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103. During the public comment period, the decree may also be
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the decree may also be obtained
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department
of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a
request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202)
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the
amount of $48.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury. The check should refer to United States et al. v.
Baltimore County, Maryland, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-4402/2.
Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15867 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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