[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 28 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3019]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of an Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant to 
the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment to the 
Consent Decree entered on February 11, 2005 in United States of America 
et al. v. Knoxville Utilities Board, Nos. 3:03-CV-497 and 3:04-CV-568, 
was lodged on February 5, 2009, with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern Division.
    The Consent Decree entered on February 11, 2005 resolved the claims 
of the United States of America, the State of Tennessee, the Tennessee 
Clean Water Network and the City of Knoxville against the Knoxville 
Utilities Board (KUB) for violations of the Clean Water Act and four 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. The purpose of 
the proposed First Amendment is to allow KUB to complete a portion of 
the Composite Correction Plan (CCP), required pursuant to Section 
VII.D.1(a)(v) of the Consent Decree, beyond the Consent Decree deadline 
of December 31, 2016.
    Pursuant to the proposed First Amendment, KUB's CCP will provide 
for a biologically enhanced high-rate clarification (BEHRC) secondary 
treatment system to be installed at the Fourth Creek treatment plant by 
June 30, 2018, and at the Kuwahee treatment plant by June 30, 2021.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
First Amendment to the 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, 
and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States et al. v. Knoxville Utilities Board, DJ 
No. 90-5-1-1-08186.
    The proposed First Amendment to the Consent Decree may be examined 
at the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, 800 Market Street, Suite 211, Knoxville, TN 37902, and at 
the Region 4 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. During the 
public comment period, the First Amendment may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First Amendment 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. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury. The check should refer to United States 
et al. v. Knoxville Utilities Board, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-08186.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-3019 Filed 2-11-09; 8:45 am]
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