[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 48301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4121]



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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 3, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America, and City of Sterling, Colorado 
(Plaintiffs) v. Aristedes Zavaras, Executive Director, State of 
Colorado Department of Corrections, Sterling Correctional Facility, and 
State of Colorado (Defendants), Civil Action No. 07-CV-01643-MSK-MSW, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Colorado.
    In this action, the United States and the City of Sterling, Co-
Plaintiffs, seek civil penalties and Supplemental Environmental 
Projects (``SEPs'') for Defendants' discharges of pollutants at the 
Sterling Correctional Facility in Logan County, Colorado, in violation 
of sections 301 and 307 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1317, and local 
ordinance, City of Sterling, Colo., Sewer System Pretreatment Program 
(``Sterling SSPP''), Chapter 21, Article V, sections 21-201 to 21-222. 
The Consent Decree addresses the Correctional Facility's violations of 
its Industrial User Permit issued by the City of Sterling, which owns 
and operates a publicly owned treatment works (``POTW'') the which 
Correctional Facility is connected. Under the terms of the Consent 
Decree, Defendants will pay a civil penalty of $50,000 and perform SEPs 
valued at $225,000.
    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 in the above-captioned case. 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#1b6b6e79787476767e756f367e7e68357e75697f5b6e687f7471357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32424750515d5f5f575c461f5757411c575c4056724741565d581c555d44">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611,\1\ and 
should refer to Civil Action No. 07-CV-01643-MSK-MSW, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-
1-08122.
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    \1\ Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General even if the settlement was approved by some other officer of 
the Department (e.g., Section Chief or Associate Attorney General).
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    The Sterling CD may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 11225 Seventeenth Street, Suite 700 Seventeenth Street Plaza, 
Denver, Colorado 80202. It also may be examined at the offices of U.S. 
EPA--Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree 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 Consent Decree also may 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#cebaa1a0a7afe0a8a2ababbab9a1a1aa8ebbbdaaa1a4e0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afdbc0c1c6ce81c9c3cacadbd8c0c0cbefdadccbc0c581c8c0d9">[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 $8.25 
(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.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-4121 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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