[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16626]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 27, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Second Amended Consent Decree (``Second ACD'') in the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Louisville 
Division in the lawsuit entitled Commonwealth of Kentucky and United 
States of America v. The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan 
Sewer District (``MSD''), Civil Action No. 3:05-cv-00236-CRS.
    A Consent Decree resolving the Plaintiffs' Clean Water Act 
(``CWA'') claims against MSD was entered by the Court in 2005. That 
Consent Decree was amended and the Amended Consent Decree was entered 
by this Court in 2009. The proposed Second ACD includes significant new 
work to enable MSD to meet the objectives of the CWA. The proposed 
Second ACD replaces and supersedes the 2009 Amended Consent Decree.
    Under the proposed Second ACD, MSD is required to undertake 
critical infrastructure projects to ensure that the goals of the Clean 
Water Act are met. As a result of the greater priority and expense of 
this new work, the proposed Second ACD extends the deadlines for the 
few remaining projects required by the 2009 Amended Consent Decree. The 
proposed work required under the Second ACD is estimated to cost 
approximately $1.1 billion. While the longest extension to one of the 
remaining projects is eleven years, most of the work will be completed 
much sooner.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Second ACD. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and United States of America v. The 
Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, the D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08254. 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 email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70000512131f1d1d151e045d1515035e151e0214300503141f1a5e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0b0b5a2a3afadada5aeb4eda5a5b3eea5aeb2a480b5b3a4afaaeea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Amended Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Second ACD upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $15.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for the Second 
ACD.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-16626 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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