[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 27518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4373]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Federal Water
Pollution Control Act
Notice is hereby given that on April 28, 2006, a proposed Consent
Judgment in United States and State of New York v. County of Suffolk,
et al., Civil Action No. CV-06-1978, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The United States and the State of New York sued the County of
Suffolk, Suffolk County Department of Public Works, and Charles J.
Bartha, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works
(collectively, ``Suffolk'') under seciton 309(b) and (d) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), and under State
law for alleged violations of Suffolk's Industrial Waste Pretreatment
Program (IPP) and its State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(SPDES) Permits. The Consent Judgment resolves these claims and
requires Suffolk to pay a civil penalty of $300,000, to fund a
supplemental environmental project in the amount of $700,000, and to
comply with its IPP and SPDES Permits.
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 Judgment. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should
refer to United States, et al v. County of Suffolk., et al., DJ No. 90-
5-1-1-5065/1.
The proposed Consent Judgment may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepont
Plaza, 14th Fl., Brooklyn, New York 11201, and at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent
Judgment 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 Judgment may 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
Judgment, please so note and enclose a check in the amount of $17.00
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4373 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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