[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5124]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that on October 10, 2007, a proposed consent decree (``Consent 
Decree'') in United States and the State of Illinois v. Board of 
Regents of the University of Illinois, et al., Civil Action No. 2:07-
cv-02188, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of Illinois.
    The Consent Decree would resolve claims for natural resource 
damages under Section 311(f) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f), 
against the three defendants named in the complaint: the Board of 
Regents of the University of Illinois, the Urbana Champaign Sanitary 
District, and CEDA, Inc. (collectively the ``Defendants''). The 
complaint alleges that the Defendants are liable for payment of natural 
resource damages for a fish kill incident that occurred in July 2002, 
when the Defendants discharged ammonia-containing wastewater to the 
Saline Branch Drainage ditch above its confluence with the Salt Fork of 
the Vermillion River in Urbana, Illinois. The Consent Decree would 
require the Defendants to pay a total of $491,000 to resolve the 
natural resource damages claims asserted by the United States and the 
State of Illinois, including payment of: (i) $450,000 for natural 
resource restoration projects to be performed by the Federal and State 
natural resource trustees; (ii) $33,000 for reimbursement of natural 
resource damage assessment costs incurred by the Illinois Department of 
Natural Resources; and (iii) $8,000 for reimbursement of natural 
resource damage assessment costs incurred by the U.S. Department of the 
Interior.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. 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#8afaffe8e9e5e7e7efe4fea7efeff9a4efe4f8eecafff9eee5e0a4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93e3e6f1f0fcfefef6fde7bef6f6e0bdf6fde1f7d3e6e0f7fcf9bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box No. 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States and the 
State of Illinois v. Board of Regents of the University of Illinois, et 
al., Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-02188, D.J. Reference No. 90-11-3-08748.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, One Technology 
Plaza, 211 Fulton Street, Suite 400, Peoria, Illinois 61602. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site: 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a4e5554535b145c565f5f4e4d55555e7a4f495e5550145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89fde6e7e0e8a7efe5ececfdfee6e6edc9fcfaede6e3a7eee6ff">[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 $8.50 (34 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5124 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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