[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21914]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Stipulation, Settlement 
Agreement, and Order in United States v. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer 
District, Civil Action No. 1:90CV1388, was lodged on August 7, 1998, 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Ohio. The proposed Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, and Order 
resolves the United States' claims against the Northeast Ohio Regional 
Sewer District for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its 
National Pollution Discharge Eliminations System permits.
    The proposed Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, and Order requires 
the District to pay a civil penalty of $40,000, with 25 percent 
($10,000) going to the State of Ohio. There is no injunctive relief 
because the District completed its reconstruction of the Westerly 
facility at issue in this matter in 1996 and has had over a year of 
continuous compliance with its NPDES permit since completing its 
reconstruction of the Westerly facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, and Order. Comments should 
be addressed to the Section Chief, the Environmental Enforcement 
Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to the United States v. 
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Civil Action No. 1:90CV1388, 
DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3453.
    The proposed Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, and Order may be 
examined at the office of the United States Attorney, 1800 Bank One 
Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; the Region 5 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; 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 please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 (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. 98-21914 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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