[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States, State of 
Ohio v. Board of County Commissioners of Lawrence County, Ohio, Civil 
Action No. C-1-91-302, was lodged on February 28, 1994 with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Consent 
Decree provides for penalties and injunctive relief for defendant's 
violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., its National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems Permit, and a U.S. EPA 
Administrative Order. The Consent Decree requires Defendant Board of 
County Commissioners to implement a comprehensive compliance program 
for eliminating all bypasses and overflows from the defendant's sewer 
system and wastewater treatment plant, and pay a civil penalty of 
$15,000 for its past violations of the Clean Water Act.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States, State of Ohio v. Board of County Commissioners of Lawrence 
County, Ohio DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3634.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 220 U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Fifth and 
Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202; the Region Five Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 
Illinois, 60604; 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, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $11.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-6731 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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