[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6807]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on July 27, 2006, a proposed consent
decree in United States, et al. v. City of Chicopee, Civil Action No.
06-30121-MAP, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts.
The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts' claims for violations of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act,
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, Sec. 42, related to the City's combined sewer
overflows (CSO's). Pursuant to the proposed consent decree, the City
will pay $150,000 as civil penalty for such violations, as well as
institute a two-phased CSO control plan.
The Department of Justice will receive for a 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States, et al., v. City of Chicopee, Civil Action No. 06-30121-MAP,
D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07953.
The proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main
Street, U.S. Courthouse, Room 310, Springfield, MA. 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 Decree Library, P.O. 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. If requesting a
copy of the proposed consent decree, please so note and enclose a check
in the amount of $10.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable
to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6807 Filed 8-9-06; 8:45 am]
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