[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14928]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy and 28 CFR 50.7 notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Agreement And Order Regarding Modification 
Of The December 23, 1988 Modified Consent Decree (hereafter referred to 
as ``the Proposed Agreement And Order'') in United States v City of 
Baton Rouge, et al., Civil Action No. 88-191A, was lodged in the United 
States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on May 28, 
1997. The proposed Agreement and Order (1) modifies certain injunctive 
relief and stipulated penalties provisions of the December 23, 1988 
Modified Consent Decree and (2) settles the United States' claim for 
stipulated penalties which have been incurred or would have been 
incurred under the December 23, 1988 Modified Consent Decree in 
connection with Baton Rouge's failure to meet the construction schedule 
for the North Treatment Plant between January 1, 1997 and July 31, 
1998.
    Under the terms of the proposed Agreement and Order, the City of 
Baton Rouge is required to complete by July 31, 1998 construction of 
all improvements necessary to (a) achieve full secondary treatment and 
(b) to attain compliance with all aspects of National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System permit No. LA0036439 issued to the city of 
Baton Rouge with effective date November 1, 1996 (hereafter referred to 
as ``the NPDES permit''). The City of Baton Rouge is also required to 
comply with the effluent limits set forth in the NPDES permit. Finally, 
under the proposed Agreement and Order, the City of Baton Rouge is 
required to pay a penalty of one hundred forty thousand dollars 
($140,000).
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
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 Resource 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States versus City of Baton Rouge, et al., DOJ No. 90-
5-1-1-2769.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined 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, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 for a 
copy (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14928 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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