[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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