[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20149]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking 
Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent Decree in United States v. City of 
Cushman, Arkansas, Civil Action No. B-C-94-40, was lodged on August 3, 
1995 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas.
    The United States field a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300-3(b) 
and (g) and the Drinking Water Regulations at 40 CFR Part 141 alleging 
that the City of Cushman violated provision of the Act and Regulations 
and seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties. Subsequently, the 
United States and the City of Cushman, Arkansas reached a settlement 
which resolves the issues set forth in the Complaint. The settlement 
includes the payment of $15,000 in civil penalties by the City of 
Cushman and the construction of a new water 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 Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Cushman, Arkansas, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3955.
    The proposed Consent Decree can be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 425 W. 
Capitol, Suite 500, Little Rock, Arkansas, the Region VI Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202; 
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree 
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a 
copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-20149 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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