[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15117-15118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8193]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed Amendment to Consent Decree in United 
States v. Citizens Util. Co. of Ill., Civil Action No. 92 C 5132, was 
lodged on March 27, 1996, with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Illinois. The Amendment to Consent Decree modifies 
the injunctive relief provisions of a Consent Decree entered by the 
Court on March 23, 1995, to permit Citizens' to implement either the 
remedial program described in the original decree or an alternative 
remedial program set out in the Amendment to Consent Decree. The 
purpose of both the original remedial program and the alternative 
remedial program is to ensure that Citizens achieves and maintains 
compliance with its National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System 
(``NPDES'') permit for the West Suburban Treatment Plant No. 1 (``WSB 
#1''), a wastewater treatment plant owned and operated by citizens in 
Bolingbrook, Illinois. The original remedial program included the 
construction of improvements and implementation of operational changes 
at WSB #1, primarily to improve the plant's secondary treatment 
capacity. The alternative remedial program, if elected by Citizens, 
would include connecting WSB #1 to a nearby publicly-owned treatment 
plant operated by the Town of Bolingbrook and thereafter eliminating 
all direct discharges from WSB #1, except for limited discharges of 
excess flow form an equalization lagoon in accordance with terms and 
conditions of the NPDES permit for the WSB #1 facility.
    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

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addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 
20530, and should refer to United States v. Citizens Util. Co. of Ill., 
DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3653.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Judiciary Center Bldg., 555 Fourth St., N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20001; at the Environmental Protection Agency Library, 
Reference Desk, Room 2904, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; 
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 Consent 
Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 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 $3.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

    Dated: April 2, 1996.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-8193 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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