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pretreatment standards pursuant to

section 307 (b) and (d) of the Act, 33

U.S.C. § 1317 (b) and (d), and failure to

comply with local monitoring and

reporting requirements.

Under the terms of the Consent

Decree, the defendant will pay a civil

penalty of $160,786 to the United States.

In addition, CPF will be required to

comply with applicable pretreatment

standards, as well as comply with

monitoring, sampling, and reporting

requirements. The monitoring

requirements include a program of

gathering water quality data in the

Nashua River watershed. CPF will also

be required to perform four

supplemental environmental projects,

consisting of the acquisition and

transfer to the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts of certain conservation

land, the performance of two storm

drain stenciling programs, and the

performance of a riverbank stabilization

project, all at an estimated cost to CPF

of $99,625.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the proposed Consent Decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. CPF, Inc., Civil

Action No. 96–11141–REK (D. Mass.)

DOJ #90–5–1–1–4292.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Region 1 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, One

Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts;

at the office of the United States

Attorney, District of Massachusetts,

1003 J.W. McCormack P.O. &

Courthouse, Boston, MA 02109, c/o

George B. Henderson, II, Assistant U.S.

Attorney; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624–0892.

A copy of the proposed consent decree

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $5.25 for the Consent

Decree without attachments or $9.00 for

the Consent Decree with attachments

(25 cents per page reproduction cost)

made payable to Consent Decree

Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, notice is hereby

given of four consent decrees lodged on

May 23, 1996. A separate consent decree

was lodged in each of the following

related cases: (a) United States of

America v. Iroquois Pipeline Operating

Company, Civ. Act. No. 96–CV–836 FJS

(N.D.N.Y.); (b) United States of America

v. Iroquois Pipeline Operating

Company, Civ. Act. No. CV 96 2613

(E.D.N.Y.); (c) United States of America

v. Iroquois Pipeline Operating

Company, Civ. Act. No. CV 3906 (CLB)

(S.D.N.Y.); and (d) United States of

America v. Iroquois Pipeline Operating

Company, Civ. Act. No. CV 396CV00926

(RNC). The proposed decrees concern

alleged violations of Sections 301 and

404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.

§§ 1311 and 1344, as the result of the

defendant’s violation of U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (‘‘Corps’’) Permit No.

16013, issued on February 12, 1991, in

connection with construction of the

Iroquois natural gas pipeline

(‘‘Pipeline’’).

Pursuant to each of the consent

decrees, Iroquois Pipeline Operating

Company and Iroquois Gas

Transmission System, LP (an entity

related to defendant Iroquois Pipeline

Operating Company which is not a

defendant in the complaints associated

with the consent decrees, but which is

a signatory to the consent decrees)

(collectively, ‘‘Iroquois’’), are (a)

Permanently enjoined from violating

Sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311 and 1344;

(b) required to comply with a Constant

Order issued by the United States

Department of Transportation, which

mandates the performance of an

‘‘Integrity Monitoring and Maintenance

Plan’’ relating to the Pipeline by

defendant; (c) required to implement a

Backfill Stability Monitoring and

Maintenance Plan relating to the

Pipeline; (d) required to pay a civil

penalty of $2.25 million pursuant to 33

U.S.C. §§ 1319(d) and 1344(s); and (e)

required to pay $2.25 million to the

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

as a supplemental environmental

project for the creation, restoration,

enhancement and acquisition of

wetlands and adjoining uplands in the

vicinity of the Pipeline right-of-way.

Iroquois will be making one $2.25

million civil penalty payment and one

$2.25 million payment for the

supplemental environmental project in

fulfillment of its obligations under all

four consent decrees. Pursuant to the

consent decree lodged in the United

States District Court for the Northern

District of New York, Iroquois will also

be required to remove unauthorized fill

and restore wetlands under the

supervision of the Corps.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments on these consent

decrees for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this notice. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, Attention: Daniel

W. Pinkston, Environmental Defense

Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington,

DC 20026–3986, and should refer to

United States v. Iroquois Pipeline

Operating Company, DJ Reference No.

90–5–1–1–3883.

The proposed consent decrees may be

examined at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a

copy of the consent decrees with

attachments, please enclose a check in

the amount of $22.50 for a copy of the

Northern District of New York consent

decree; $23.00 for a copy of the Eastern

District consent decree; $22.75 for a

copy of the Southern District consent

decree; and $22.50 for the District of

Connecticut consent decree. In addition

to the Consent Decree Library, the

consent decree for a particular district

may be examined at the following

locations: (a) Northern District of New

York—Offices of the United States

Attorney for the Northern District of

New York, James Foley Building, Room

231, Albany, New York; (b) Eastern

District of New York—Offices of the

United States Attorney for the Eastern

District of New York, One Pierrepont

Plaza, 14th Floor, Brooklyn, New York;

(c) Southern District of New York—

Offices of the United States Attorney for

the Southern District of New York, 100

Church Street, 19th Floor, New York,

New York; and (d) District of

Connecticut—Office of the Clerk of the

United States District Court for the

District of Connecticut, 450 Main Street,

Hartford, Connecticut.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division,

United States Department of Justice.

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