[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20196]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 24, 1997, a 
proposed consent decree in United States versus City of Palmetto, 
Florida, et al., Civil Action No. 96-613-CIV-T-25E, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa 
Division.
    In this action, the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief under sections 301(a) and 309 (b) and (d) of the 
Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1319 (b) and (d), 
for violations of effluent limits set forth in the NPDES permit issued 
to the City of Palmetto, Florida, and for unpermitted discharges from 
the City's wastewater treatment plant to Terra Ceia Bay. Under the 
proposed consent decree, the City will implement a sewage collection 
system maintenance program to prevent future violations of the Act and 
will pay a civil penalty of $65,000. In addition, the City will perform 
a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') valued at approximately 
$535,000, which consists of the expansion and acceleration of a project 
that will divert treated wastewater to beneficial reuse.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States versus City of Palmetto, Florida, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-
1-4210.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Middle District of Florida, Robert Timberlake 
Bldg., 500 Zack Street, Room 400, Tampa, Florida 33602; the Region IV 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 
61 Forsythe St., S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104; 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 of the 
proposed decree and attachments, please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 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. 97-20196 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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