[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4661]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, notice is hereby given
that on May 11, 2006, a Consent Decree was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Connecticut in United States
v. Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut, Civil Action No.
3:06-cv-00728-PCD. A complaint was also filed simultaneously with the
lodging of the Consent Decree. In the complaint the United States, on
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges that
the defendant Metropolitan District of Connecticut (``the MDC'')
violated the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., (``CWA'') in
connection with the MDC's operation of its publicly-owned treatment
works. The compliant alleges that the MDC discharged untreated
wastewater to navigable waters through point sources other than those
authorized by the MDC's permit. The consent decree requires the MDC to
pay a civil penalty of $850,000-$425,000 to the co-plaintiff State of
Connecticut and $425,000 to the United States--and to perform
injunctive relief to achieve compliance with the Clean Water Act.
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 Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should
refer to United States v. Metropolitan District Commission, D.J. Ref.
90-5-1-1-084404.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 157 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut, 06510,
and at the Region I office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. During the
public comment period, the 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 Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box
7611, 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, please
enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per reproduction cost) in the
amount of $43.25 payable to the ``U.S. Treasury.''
Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment &
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4661 Filed 5-17-06; 8:45 am]
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