[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3050]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 23, 1995, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois, 
Civil Action No. 92 C 5132 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The 
proposed decree resolves the United States' claims again the defendant 
under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., with respect to 
violations of Citizens' National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permit at its West Surburban Treatment Plant #1 (``WSB 
#1'') in Bolingbrook, Will County, Illinois. Under the proposed decree, 
Citizens agrees to construct improvements and implement operational 
changes at WSB #1 to achieve and maintain compliance with its NPDES 
permit limits and to pay $490,000 to resolve the claims for civil 
penalties under the 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 
7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois, Civil Action No. 
92 C 5132 (N.D. Ill.) and D.J. reference no. 90-5-1-1-3653.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley 
Dirksen Bldg., 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604; at 
the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Copies 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, (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-3050 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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