[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64369-64370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30892]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on November 14, 1996, a consent decree in United 
States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018 was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
    This consent decree settles claims for civil penalties brought 
pursuant to

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section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1319 (b) and (d). Under the terms of the consent decree, the City 
of Watertown will pay a civil penalty of $550,000. The United States' 
claims for injunctive relief were resolved pursuant to a prior consent 
decree, entered by the Court on December 1, 1995.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018, 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-5087. The proposed consent decree may be examined at 
the office of the United States Attorney, District of South Dakota, 
Shriver Square, 230 South Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 
57102. Copies of the consent decree may also be examined and obtained 
by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII 999 18th Street, Suite 
500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. When requesting a copy by mail, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (twenty-five 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. 96-30892 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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