[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 1802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-187]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed modified consent decree in United 
States v. City of Brodhead, Kentucky and Commonwealth of Kentucky, 
Civil Action No. 88-331, was lodged on December 16, 1994, with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 
(London Division).
    The proposed modified consent decree resolves the United States' 
civil claims against the City of Brodhead (``City'') and the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky for violations of the City's National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') Permit, the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq. and the consent decree 
originally entered in this case on January 31, 1989. The proposed 
modified consent decree requires that the City pay the United States 
$5,000 in stipulated penalties for its violations of the original 
consent decree. The proposed modified decree also requires the City to 
perform additional construction and rehabilitation of its existing 
wastewater treatment plant.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed modified 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 v. City of Brodhead, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, DOJ 
Ref. #90-5-1-1-3205A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 110 W. Vine Street, Suite 400, Lexington, 
Kentucky 40507; the Region IV Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30365; 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 $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-187 Filed 1-4-95; 8:45 am]
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