[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 19128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8064]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Judgment Pursuant to Safe 
Drinking Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 28, 2011, a proposed 
Stipulation of Judgment in United States of America v. Territory of the 
Virgin Islands, et al., Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-00156, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of the Virgin 
Islands.
    The proposed Stipulation of Judgment will settle claims of the 
United States (on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency), for 
violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the implementing 
regulations, 42 U.S.C. 300h, et seq., and the implementing Underground 
Injection Control (``UIC'') regulations promulgated thereunder, at 40 
CFR part 144, et seq. (the ``SDWA''), against the government of the 
Territory of the Virgin Islands and the Virgin Islands Department of 
Health relating to past unauthorized discharges to an underground 
injection well which occurred in 2008 and 2009. The discharges have 
ceased. Pursuant to the proposed Stipulation, the Defendants will pay 
$175,000 in civil penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed 
Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States of 
America v. Territory of the Virgin Islands, et al., Civil Action No. 
3:09-cv-00156, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09680.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f3f3a2d2c2022222a213b622a2a3c612a213d2b0f3a3c2b202561282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0909582838f8d8d858e94cd858593ce858e9284a09593848f8ace878f96">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States of America v. Territory of the Virgin Islands, et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-00156, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09608.
    During the public comment period, the Stipulation of Judgment may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site to: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Stipulation 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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86f2e9e8efe7a8e0eae3e3f2f1e9e9e2c6f3f5e2e9eca8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="691d06070008470f050c0c1d1e06060d291c1a0d0603470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>), 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 $2.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs of Stipulation) 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.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-8064 Filed 4-5-11; 8:45 am]
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