[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28154]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on October 21, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County Commission 
and the State of Alabama, Case No. 93-G-2492-S was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The 
consent decree provides for extensive rehabilitation to the entire 
Jefferson County wastewater collection system and the County's ten 
wastewater treatment facilities. The consent decree also provides for 
the recovery of a $750,000 civil penalty against Jefferson County, 
Alabama and the Jefferson County Commission (hereinafter ``the 
County'') under Section 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA'' 
or ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d).
    In addition, the consent decree requires the County to perform a 
Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') valued at $30 million. The 
SEP involves the acquisition of riparian properties or ``Greenways'' 
for the purpose of reducing or eliminating non-point source pollution 
into the Cahaba and Black Warrior River systems in Jefferson County and 
generally enhancing the water quality of those river systems. A 
secondary benefit of the SEP shall be to protect, restore, and enhance 
aquatic and stream corridor habitats of the river systems.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County Commission and 
the State of Alabama, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4195.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert S. 
Vance Federal Building and Courthouse, 1800 5th Avenue, North, Room 
200, Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2198 and at Region 4, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $34.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28154 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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