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1Comments 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). 

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 pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov 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. 

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 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act and 

the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act 

Notice is hereby given that on August 

10, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree 

(the ‘‘Consent Decree’’ in United States 

v. BFI Waste Systems of North America, 

Inc. et at., Civil Action No. 07 C 4499, 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Northern District 

of Illinois. 

In this action the United States 

sought, pursuant to sections 106 and 

107 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, 

injunctive relief and the recovery of cost 

incurred by the United States in 

responding to a release or threat of 

hazardous substances at or from the 

Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund 

Site (the ‘‘Site’’) located in Lake County, 

Illinois, at or near to the Village of 

Wauconda. Under the proposed Consent 

Decree, the settling defendants will 

complete the connection of over 400 

homes to the Village of Wauconda’s 

municipal water works, expand the 

Village’s municipal water works to 

accommodate the increased demand, 

perform operation and maintenance at 

the Site, and conduct groundwater 

monitoring activities. The proposed 

Consent Decree also requires the 

Settling Defendants to pay past and 

future response costs incurred by the 

United States relating to the Site. In 

addition, the proposed Consent Decree 

also includes a covenant not to sue 

under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA 

and under section 7003 of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

(‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973. 

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. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Divisions, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ess.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. BFI Waste Systems of North 

America, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–

2–153/1. Commenters may request an 

opportunity for a public meeting in the 

affected area, in accordance with section 

7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 973(d). 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United Stated 

Attorney, 219 South Dearborn Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at U.S. EPA 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. During the 

public comment period, the Cons net 

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 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

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 $37 (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. In 

requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits 

and defendant’s signatures, please 

enclose a check in the amount of $18.25 

(25 cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

William D. Brighton, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

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