[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2770]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Consistent with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that on January 24, 1997, a proposed 
Supplemental Consent Decree in United States v. Puerto Rico 
Administration of Corrections, Civil Action No. 90-2119, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. 
The proposed Supplemental Consent Decree settles the United States' 
claims for stipulated penalties under a 1992 Consent Decree between the 
parties as well as the United States' claims under the Clean Water Act 
alleged in a Supplemental Complaint.
    Puursuant to the Supplemental Consent Decree, the Puerto Rico 
Administration of Corrections will pay $625,000 to the United States, 
will undertake numerous remedial actions to bring four of its 
facilities into compliance with the Clean Water Act in accordance with 
a schedule specified in the Consent Decree, and will expend $600,000 in 
carrying out additional remedial actions aimed at the improvement of 
community drinking water supplies in Puerto Rico.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Supplemental Consent Decree. Any 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. Puerto Rico Administration of 
Corrections, Civil Action No. 90-2119, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-3364A.
    The proposed Supplemental Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal 
Office Building, Rm. 101, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto 
Rico 00918, at Region II, Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Supplemental 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 indicate the consent decree desired and enclose a check (there 
is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $11.75 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2770 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]
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