32864 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 114 / Thursday, June 14, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Filing of Consent Decree 

Between the United States, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, the Allegheny County 

Health Department, and the Allegheny 

County Sanitary Authority To Resolve 

Certain Alleged Violations of the Clean 

Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on May 31, 

2007, the United States filed with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of Pennsylvania, in 

Case No. 07–737, a proposed Consent 

Decree to resolve certain claims of the 

United States, the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (‘‘PADEP’’), 

and the Allegheny County Health 

Department (‘‘ACHD’’) against the 

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority 

(‘‘Alcosan’’) under Sections 301 and 402 

of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 

1342, and other related state and local 

authorities. In this action, the United 

States alleges that Alcosan violated the 

Clean Water Act by discharging 

pollutants into waters of the United 

States without a permit, and by 

discharging pollutants in a manner not 

contemplated by its National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(‘‘NPDES’’) permit. These violations 

occurred primarily during wet weather, 

which causes Alcosan’s system to 

quickly overload and to discharge 

through a network of over 300 outfalls 

that run along three main rivers in the 

area—the Allegheny, Ohio, and 

Monogahela Rivers. The United States, 

PADEP, and ACHD seek injunctive 

relief and the payment of civil penalties 

to redress these alleged violations. 

The proposed Consent Decree is 

designed to promote a coordinated 

regional approach to the wet weather 

discharge from Alcosan’s system. It 

requires Alcosan to develop and submit 

a long-term plan, in coordination with 

the 83 municipalities that contribute 

flows to Alcosan’s system, to control the 

wet weather discharges from its system 

and to ensure compliance with its 

NPDES permit and the Clean Water Act. 

The proposed Consent Decree also 

requires Alcosan to pay a civil penalty 

to the Plaintiffs of $1.2 million, and to 

undertake at least $3.0 million in 

supplemental environmental projects. 

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, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Allegheny County Sanitary 

Authority, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–4414. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, Western District of 

Pennsylvania, 633 Post Office & 

Courthouse, 7th and Grant Streets, 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, and at 

U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

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/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. In addition, a 

copy of the proposed Consent Decree 

may also be obtained from the Justice 

Department’s Consent Decree Library by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov, 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy of the Consent Decree 

from the Consent Decree Library, please 

enclose a check in the amount of $65.75 

(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 stated address. 

Ellen Mahan, 

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to The Clean Water Act 

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, 38 

FR 19029, notice is hereby given that on 

May 31,007, a Consent Decree was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Massachusetts 

in United States v. Town of Billerica, 

Civil Action No. 07–11015. A complaint 

in the action was also filed 

simultaneously with the lodging of the 

Consent Decree. In the complaint the 

United States, on behalf of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

alleges that the defendant Town of 

Billerica (‘‘Town’’ or ‘‘Billerica’’) 

violated the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1251, et seq., (‘‘CWA’’) at its Water 

Treatment and Waste Water Treatment 

Facilities (the, ‘‘Water Facilities’’). The 

violations alleged in the complaint 

include discharges of process waste 

water without a permit; violations of 

EPA storm water permitting 

requirements; and violation of effluent 

limits and monitoring and reporting 

requirements of its individual permits. 

The Consent Decree requires Billerica to 

pay a civil penalty of $250,000; achieve 

compliance with applicable provisions 

of the CWA; expend at least $50,000 on 

two supplemental environmental 

projects; and, undertake compliance 

audits with respect to the Town’s Water 

Facilities. 

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. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, Washington, 

DC 20044, and should refer to United 

States v. Town of Billerica, D.J. Ref. 90–

5–1–08192. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney, Suite 9200, 1 

Courthouse Way, Boston, Massachusetts 

02110, and at the Region I office of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, One 

Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02114. 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/ 

COnsent_Decrees.html. In addition, a 

copy of the proposed consent decree 

may also be obtained by mail from the 

Department of Justice Consent Decree 

Library by faxing or e-mailing a request 

to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy of the Consent Decree from the 

Consent Decree Library, please enclose 

a check (there is a 25 cent per page 

reproduction cost) in the amount of $14 

payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in that 

amount to the Consent Decree Library at 

the stated address. 

Ronald G. Gluck 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environmental & Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–2930 Filed 6–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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