[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25708]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulations Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that proposed stipulations in United States v. City of 
Brook Park, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1727, United States v. City of 
Middleburg Heights, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1722, United States v. City 
of Berea, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1726, and United States v. City of 
Strongsville, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1725 were lodged on September 28, 
1995 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Ohio. The stipulations settle actions brought concurrently under the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., (the ``Act'') to address the 
defendants' violations of the pollutant discharge limits set forth in 
the defendant cities' respective permits issued pursuant to Section 
1342 of the Act. Each of the defendant cities is a suburb of Cleveland, 
Ohio, and located within the Rocky River Basin, which drains into Lake 
Erie. Since the complaints were filed on August 30, 1991, each of the 
defendant cities has ceased discharging their municipal wastewaters 
into navigable waterways of the United States by directing those 
wastewaters to a regional wastewater treatment plant owned and operated 
by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Accordingly, the 
defendants are in compliance with the pollutant discharge limits of 
their respective permits. Each stipulation requires the defendants in 
that case to pay a civil penalty of $10,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed stipulations. 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 Brook Park, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3776; United 
States v. City of
    Middleburg Heights, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3775; United States v. City 
of Berea, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3731; and United States v. City of 
Strongsville DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3729.
    The proposed stipulations may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue East, 
Cleveland, Ohio; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604; 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 stipulations may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-25708 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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