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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 8048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01559]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Proposed First Amended Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Water Act

    On January 16, 2025, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
First Material Modification to the 2006 Consent Decree with the United 
States District Court for the District of Connecticut in the lawsuit 
entitled United States et al. v. Metropolitan District of Hartford, 
Connecticut, Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-00728.
    In this action, the United States and the State of Connecticut 
sought civil penalties and injunctive relief for violations of the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., in connection with the 
Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut's (``MDC's'') operation 
of its municipal wastewater treatment facility and sewer system. These 
claims were resolved in a Consent Decree, which was approved by the 
Court in August 2006. Under the Consent Decree, the MDC is required to, 
among other things, eliminate all sanitary sewer overflow (``SSO'') 
outfalls by a date certain and submit and implement control projects 
and schedules to reduce inflow and infiltration (``I/I''), which can 
dilute sanitary sewers and in turn, decrease treatment efficiency. 
Since 2006, the MDC has eliminated all but three of its SSO outfalls 
and has proposed several I/I reduction projects and schedules. The 
proposed modification extends the deadline for eliminating the 
remaining SSO outfalls by about 4 years and incorporates a schedule for 
implementing I/I reduction projects.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed First Material Modification to the 2006 Consent Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United 
States et al. v. Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08404. All comments must be submitted no later than 
thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments 
may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance 
accessing the proposed Consent Decree, you may request assistance by 
email or by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting 
comments.

Eric D. Albert,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01559 Filed 1-22-25; 8:45 am]
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