[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25706]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Puerto Rico 
Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Civil Action No. 92-1511 (SEC), was 
lodged on September 28th, 1995 with the United States District Court 
for the District of Puerto Rico. Defendant Puerto Rico Aqueduct and 
Sewer Authority (``PRASA'') is the owner and operator of water 
filtration plants throughout Puerto Rico. In operating nine of these 
facilities, (La Plata Aibonito, Aguas Buenas, El Yunque, Guaynabo, 
Enrique Ortega, Ponce Nueva, Lajas, Sergio Cuevas, and Miradero), PRASA 
violated its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permits issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
    Under the terms of the proposed decree, PRASA will pay the United 
States a civil penalty in the sum of $200,000. PRASA further agrees to 
construct necessary sludge facilities to achieve compliance for eight 
of its plants. In addition, PRASA will increase its credit line by $25 
million to be used solely for similar capital improvements at 74 other 
water treatment plants throughout Puerto Rico. PRASA also agrees to 
remain in compliance with the Clean Air Act and is subject to 
stipulated penalties for any such violation.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, D.J. reference #90-
5-2-1-1-3696.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Federal Office 
Building, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; the Region 
II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway Avenue, 
New York, New York; 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. 
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-25706 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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