[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

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

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States and State of Hawaii v. City and County of Honolulu, Civ. No. 94-
00765DAE, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Hawaii, on October 3, 1994. That action was brought against 
defendant pursuant to the Clean Water Act (``the Act'') for penalties 
and injunctive relief as a result of unauthorized discharges from the 
City and County of Honolulu's (``the City'') sewage collection system 
and for failure to implement a pretreatment program at its various 
wastewater treatment plants. The decree requires the City to pay $1.2 
million in civil penalties to the United States and State of Hawaii, to 
fully implement its pretreatment program in accordance with the 
regulations, and to perform significant maintenance and rehabilitation 
work on its collection system. In addition, the City is required to 
perform two Supplemental Environmental Projects--one for beneficial 
reuse of sludge and one for beneficial reuse of effluent.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All comments should refer to United 
States and State of Hawaii v. City and County of Honolulu, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-3825.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Room 6100, PJKK 
Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, at the 
Region IX office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th floor, Washington, D.C. 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 enclose a check in the amount of $17.00 for the decree (25 
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library. When requesting a copy, please refer to United States and 
State of Hawaii v. City and County of Honolulu, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
3825.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-25766 Filed 10-17-94; 8:45 am]
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