[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54652-54653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27772]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on October 8, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Trustees of Boston University, Civil Action No. 97-
12261 PBS (D. Mass.), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts resolving the matter. The proposed 
Consent Decree concerns violations by the Trustees of Boston 
University, of the Clean Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1251, et seq., and 
the Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et 
seq. The violations alleged in the complaint include the failure by the 
University to prevent spills of oil into the Charles River in 1992 and 
1996 as required by Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1321(b)(3); the failure by the University to prepare and implement 
a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan as required by 
Section 311(j)(1)(c) of the Clean Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1321(j)(1)(c); and the failure of the University to comply with 
hazardous waste management practices at its Medical Campus as required 
by Subtitle C of the Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act, 42 
U.S.C. Secs. 6921-6939.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a 
total civil penalty of $253,000 for its past violations. In addition, 
the Consent Decree requires the University to perform two Supplemental 
Environmental Projects. The first Project will involve the 
environmental restoration of a community garden in the South End/Lower 
Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The second Project will involve the 
reduction of pollutants contained in stormwater runoff into the Charles 
River from the University.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the

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date of this publication comments relating to the proposed Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Trustees of Boston University, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-896.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts. Copies of the Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Environmental Enforcement Section Document Center, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Document Center. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced 
case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost for the Consent Decree excluding Appendices) made 
payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-27772 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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