[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41789-41790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14272]


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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 July 5, 2005, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Licking County, Civil 
Action No. C2-05-661, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Ohio.
    This Consent Decree resolves specified claims against Licking 
County, Ohio under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Licking 
County owns and operates a publicly-owned wastewater treatment works 
(``POTW''), and it discharges effluent from the POTW through an outfall 
into the South Fork of the Licking River, a navigable water of the 
United States. Licking County also disposes of sewage sludge from the 
POTW through land application.
    The proposed consent decree requires Licking County to (1) comply 
with its discharge permit, including interim limitations on bypasses; 
(2) implement a Compliance Assurance Plan (``CAP''), which includes 
significant capital and operational changes for its entire POTW (worth 
an estimated present-value cost of approximately $10 million); and (3) 
pay civil penalties of $75,000 that will be split equally between the 
United States and the State of Ohio.
    The Department of Justice will receive for 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States and State of Ohio v. Licking County, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-4500.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region V, 
77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-3590. During the public 
comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent

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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 of the proposed consent 
decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $12.50, payable to the 
U.S. Treasury, for reproduction costs.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14272 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]
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