[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10284]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Rio 
Bravo Farms, Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. EP-97-CA-146, was lodged in 
the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas on 
April 16, 1997. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' 
claims for injunctive relief against defendants, Rio Bravo Farms, Ltd., 
Pecotos Corp., Arthur H. Ivey, Arthur H. Ivey, Jr., Cuna del Valle, 
Ltd., and CDV Investments, Inc., under Section 1431 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300i, with respect to the Cuna del Valle 
subdivision (the ``colonia'') in El Paso County, Texas.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendants are required 
to install plumbing hookups from each qualifying residence at the 
colonia to water mains and meters expected to be constructed by the El 
Paso County Lower Valley Water District Authority. In addition, the 
defendants are required to install a temporary drinking water station 
for the residents of the colonia. The defendants will maintain the 
water station and pay the water bills for it until the hookups are 
completed. In return, the United States will grant the defendants 
certain covenants not to sue with respect to the colonia.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of fourteen 
(14) days from the date of this publication, written comments relating 
to the proposed Consent Decree. 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. Rio Bravo Farms, Ltd., et al., DOJ No. 90-5-1-1-
4327.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Texas, 700 E. San Antonio 
Street, Suite 200, El Paso, Texas 79901; at the Region 6 Office of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
75202; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the 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 $9.00 for a copy (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10284 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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