[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26251]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, Civil Action No. 
89-09, was lodged on October 17, 1995 with the United States District 
Court for the District of the Virgin Islands.
    The complaint in this action was filed on January 11, 1989, against 
the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (``VIWAPA''), pursuant to 
Sections 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 
1319 (b) and (d). The complaint sought penalties and injunctive relief 
for discharges of pollutants from VIWAPA's Power Generation and 
Desalting Facility on St. Croix and its Power Generation and Desalting 
Facility on St. Thomas in violation of Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1311(a), and for violations of certain terms and conditions of 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permits 
issued to VIWAPA by EPA pursuant to Section 402 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1342.
    The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement by VIWAPA to pay 
a civil penalty in the amount of $35,000, plus interest, in two 
installments. Under the Decree, VIWAPA has agreed to pay $17,500 within 
30 days of entry of the Decree and $17,500, plus interest, within six 
months of the date of entry of the Decree. In addition, VIWAPA has 
agreed to comply with all terms and conditions of its renewed NPDES 
permits.
    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. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, DOJ Ref. # 
90-5-1-1-3209.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region II Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York, at the United States Attorney's Office located at the Federal 
Building and U.S. Courthouse, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin 
Islands, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20005. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $2.75 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-26251 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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