[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4129]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy and 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that on January 28, 1998, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and The State of Indiana v. City of North 
Vernon, Cause No. NA 96-34-C (D/H), was lodged in the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The Complaint 
filed by the United States and the State of Indiana alleged claims 
under Section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``the Act''), 33 
U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), against the City of North Vernon, Indiana 
(``North Vernon''), for violations of the terms and conditions of North 
Vernon's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') 
permit, and for failing to comply with the terms of two Administrative 
Orders issued by U.S. EPA. The Consent Decree requires Defendant North 
Vernon to: (1) Comply with the Act and the terms of its current NPDES 
permit; (2) implement a Corrective Action Plan designed to assure that 
North Vernon will achieve and maintain compliance with the Act and the 
permit; (3) pay the United States $30,000.00 and the State of Indiana 
$20,000.00 in civil penalties; and (4) implement a Supplemental 
Environmental Project, with estimated costs to North Vernon of 
approximately $110,000.00.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, 
and should refer to United States and State of Indiana v. City of North 
Vernon, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4142.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana, 5th Floor, United States Courthouse, 46 East Ohio Street, 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1986 (contact Assistant United States Attorney 
Thomas Kieper); (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact 
Assistant Regional Counsel Timothy Chapman); and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-
624-0892. Copies of the proposed 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, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy 
of the Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4129 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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