[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18475]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. City of 
Weirton, et al., C.A. No. 5:96-CV-21, was lodged on June 26, 1998, with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia. The consent decree resolves the United States' claims for 
civil penalties and injunctive relief, pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq. Under the consent decree, the City of 
Weirton will construct and operate a wastewater treatment facility to 
come into compliance with the Clean Water Act and its National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. The City of Weirton will 
also pay a civil penalty of $150,000 to the United States and the State 
of West Virginia.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Weirton, et al., DOJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-
4265.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1100 Main Street, Suite 200, Wheeling, West 
Virginia 26003; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 840 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-18475 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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