[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 10503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4789]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, the 
Clean Water Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know 
Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 2, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. AES Thames, LLC, Civil Action 
No. 3:10cv281, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Connecticut.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States against AES Thames, 
LLC under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. 1251-1387, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001-11050, and the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, 
for injunctive relief and recovery of civil penalties in connection 
with AES Thames, LLC's operation of a coal-fired power plant located in 
Montville, Connecticut. The Decree requires AES Thames to pay $140,000 
in civil penalties and institute injunctive relief in the form of 
operator training and implementation of additional spill control 
measures and safeguards.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental 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 v. AES Thames, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:10cv281 D. Conn.), 
D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-08991.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven Office, Connecticut 
Financial Center, 157 Church Street, Floor 23, New Haven, CT 06510, and 
at U.S. EPA Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109. During 
the public comment period, the Decree, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $23.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-4789 Filed 3-5-10; 8:45 am]
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