[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 36679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15548]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 22, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection v. Williamsport Sanitary Authority, Civil 
Action No. 4:10-cv-01304 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The proposed Consent 
Decree, lodged on June 22, 2010, resolves the liability of defendant 
Williamsport Sanitary Authority (``WSA'') for violations of the Clean 
Water Act, 42 U.S.C. and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Act, 35 P.S. 
Sec. Sec.  691.1 et seq. alleged in a Complaint filed on June 22, 2010. 
The Consent Decree requires WSA to expand the treatment capacity of its 
Central Wastewater Treatment Plant and to increase its storage capacity 
to cope with high flow during wet weather to guard against combined 
sewer overflows to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. WSA has 
also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $160,000 to the United States and 
$160,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
    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. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, by e-mail to 
[email protected] or regular mail to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and refer to United 
States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental 
Protection v. Williamsport Sanitary Authority, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
09293.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg 
Federal Building and Courthouse, 228 Walnut Street, Suite 220, 
Harrisburg, PA,11754 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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/consent_decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent 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. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $15.75 for the Consent 
Decree only or $262.00 for the Consent Decree and attachments (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-
mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the address above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-15548 Filed 6-25-10; 8:45 am]
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