[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 81 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10183]


[Federal Register: April 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree United States v. City of Tacoma, 
Washington

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. City of Tacoma, 
Washington, Civil Action No. C94-5193 was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Washington on April 11, 
1994. This action was brought under Section 309 (b) and (d) of the 
Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d).
    The proposed Consent Decree is designed to bring Tacoma's North End 
Wastewater Treatment Plant (North End Plant) into compliance with the 
technology-based secondary treatment standards mandated by section 
301(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Water Act and by 40 CFR part 133. In 
addition, Tacoma will pay a civil penalty of $550,000, half to the 
United States and half to the State of Washington Department of 
Environmental Quality, which assisted EPA in bringing this enforcement 
action.
    For thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice, 
the Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to the 
Amended Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530 and should refer to United 
States v. City of Tacoma, Washington, DOJ. No. 90-5-1-1-3908.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Offices of the United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 3600 Seafirst 
Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, at the 
Region 10 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone 
number (202) 624-0892).
    A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Environmental Enforcement Section Document Center. The 
proposed Amended Partial Consent Decree consists of a thirty-two page 
consent decree and two pages of appendices. A request for a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree with appendices should be accompanied by a 
check in the amount $8.50 (25 cents per page per reproduction charge) 
made payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-10183 Filed 4-26-94; 8:45 am]
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