[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23097]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
and State of Texas v. City of Carthage, Civ. No. 6:04-CV-451, DOJ 
<greek-i>90-5-1-1-07648, was lodged in the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Texas on September 30, 2004. The Consent 
Decree resolves the liability of the named defendant to the United 
States and the State of Texas for violations of Section 301 of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311. The claims arise from the City's 
discharge of effluent from its pubically owned treatment works in 
violation of the effluent limits contained in its National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System permits.
    The proposed Consent Decree provides that the City will construct 
an improved treatment system using chlorination to treat the effluent 
and meet specified operation and maintenance requirements. 
Additionally, the City will pay a civil penalty of $20,000 for the 
violations of the Clean Water Act and will perform a supplemental 
environmental project (``SEP'') which consists of hooking up 29 
residences that are currently on septic tanks to sewer lines.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States and State of Texas v. City of Carthage, DOJ 
<greek-i>90-5-1-1-07648. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 
Tyler Division, 110 N. College St., Suite 700 Tyler, Texas 75702, and 
at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas, 
75202. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed 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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3a7bcbdbab2fdb5bfb6b6a7a4bcbcb793a6a0b7bcb9fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4809b9a9d95da9298919180839b9b90b48187909b9eda939b82">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy form the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $13.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas Mariani,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23097 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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