[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9125]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Stipulated Agreement and Order Pursuant to 
the Clean Water Act
    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Stipulated Agreement and Order in United 
States v. District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 96-669, was lodged on 
April 5, 1996 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia. The proposed Stipulated Agreement and Order resolves the 
claims brought in a Complaint filed the same day under the Clean Water 
Act (``Act'') against the District of Columbia, which owns and operates 
the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Works facility in Washington, D.C.
    The proposed Stipulated Agreement and Order requires the District 
of Columbia to conduct construction and maintenance projects at the 
Blue Plains facility which satisfy the claims in the Complaint alleging 
violations of the Operation and Maintenance provision of the District's 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. The proposed 
Agreement also provides for relief which satisfies the claims in the 
Complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Act and the conditions 
of EPA construction grant agreements, which require a grantee to 
implement a user charge system ensuring the proper and efficient 
operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment 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 Stipulated Agreement and Order. 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. District of Columbia, DOJ Ref. 90-5-1-
1-3598A.
    The proposed Stipulated Agreement and Order may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 555 4th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001; the Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 941 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202-624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
Stipulated Agreement and Order may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-9125 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]
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