[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32124-32125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12732]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given, in accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, that on May 
11, 2000, the United States lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, in 
United States v. Enzyme Bio-Systems, Ltd., Case No. 00-C-283-S (W.D. 
Wis.), under section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States 
against Enzyme Bio-Systems, arising out of Enzyme Bio-Systems' plant 
located at 2600 Kennedy Drive, Beloit, Wisconsin. Specifically, the 
United States alleged that Enzyme Bio-Systems, in violation of section 
307(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1317(d), exceeded certain 
effluent limitations set forth in its Industrial Discharge Permit 
issued to Enzyme Bio-Systems by the City of Beloit, Wisconsin.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree Enzyme Bio-Systems will pay the 
United States a $46,100 civil penalty, Additionally, the proposed 
Consent Decree provides for the implementation of a Supplemental 
Environmental Project (``SEP'') that requires expenditures of at least 
$850,000. The SEP involves Enzyme Bio-Systems: purchasing a 
pretreatment plant previously abandoned by the City of Beloit; 
installing and operating a reverse osmosis membrane treatment system 
capable of treating 25,000 gallons per day of high strength BOD; 
hauling the BOD filtrate off site for application as a soil 
conditioner, possible fertilizer substitute, or other environmentally 
beneficial reuse; petitioning the City to reduce Enzyme Bio-Systems' 
allowable effluent limits set forth in its Industrial Discharge Permit; 
and providing EPA with a SEP completion report and quarterly progress 
reports. This pollution reduction/prevention SEP will reduce the BOD 
load to the Beloit POTW, reduce the use of artificial chemical 
fertilizers by the potential land application of the BOD filtrate as 
fertilizer, and result in revenue to the City of Beloit for the 
purchase of its abandoned pretreatment facility. Because the technology 
of the reverse osmosis membrane system is very innovative and carries a 
risk of technological impracticability, if the pilot studies 
demonstrate that the membrane system cannot effectively filter high 
strength BOD filtrate, then Enzyme Bio-Systems can elect to pay an 
optional additional civil penalty in lieu of completing its obligations 
under the SEP requirements.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for 30 days after publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. Enzyme Bio-Systems, Ltd., 
Case No. 00-C-283-S (W.D. Wis.), DOJ No. 90-5-1-1-4504. The proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, and 
at the Region 5 Office of the United States Environment Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of 
the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the U.S. 
Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page), in the amount of $5.25 
for the

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Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-12732 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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