[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 36393] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-17493] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act Pursuant to 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States and the State of Montana v. City of Billings, Civil Action No. CV 94-168-BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), entered into by the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Montana on behalf of the Department of Environmental Quality, and the City of Billings (``the City''), was lodged on May 29, 1996 with the United States District Court for the District of Montana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the United States against the City under Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and of the State of Montana against the City under Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 75-5-631, relating to the bypass of secondary treatment facilities at the City's wastewater treatment plant in June, 1993. The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a total of $74,600 in civil penalty amounts to the United States and the State of Montana, and the performance of three Supplemental Environmental Projects at a cost to the City of no less than $543,600. The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States and the State of Montana v. City of Billings, Civil Action No. CV 94-168- BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4143. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Suite 400, 2929 Third Avenue North, Billings, Montana 59103, at the Montana Operations Office of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VIII, 301 S. Park, Helena, Montana 59626-0096, and the Office of the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 999 18th Street, Suite 945N, Denver, CO 80209. Copies can also 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 $8.25, payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-17493 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M