[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21569]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 25, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. City of Revere, 
Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-11460 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
    In a complaint, filed simultaneously with the Decree, the United 
States alleges that the City of Revere, Massachusetts (``City'') 
violated Sections 301 and 308 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 
and 1318, as a result of unauthorized discharges of pollutants 
including raw sewage from the City's sanitary sewer system and its 
separate storm sewer system, as well as a failure to report sanitary 
sewer overflows to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims for 
civil penalties and injunctive relief, as alleged in the complaint. 
Specifically, the proposed Consent Decree requires the City to 
implement remedial measures, including necessary upgrades to its 
sanitary sewer system and separate storm sewer system, over a period of 
approximately twelve years and at an estimated cost of approximately 
$50 million. The Consent Decree also requires the City to pay a 
$130,000 civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
Consent Decree. 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, 
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. City of Revere, Massachusetts, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-09299.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, One Courthouse Way, John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02210, and at U.S. EPA Region 1, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02109. 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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check to cover the 25 cents per page 
reproduction costs in the amount of $16.25 (for Decree without 
appendix) or $71.75 (for Decree with appendix) 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 stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-21569 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am]
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