[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16110]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 
19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States and State of New York v. Onondaga County, Civil Action Number 91 
Civ. 477 (HGM), was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of New York on June 9, 1999.
    In this action, the United States and State sought injunctive 
relief and penalties from defendants, Onondaga County, New York and the 
Commissioner of Onondaga County Department of Drainage and Sanitation, 
for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the 
County's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``SPDES'') 
permits. Under the Consent Decree, the County is required to conduct a 
broad EPA approved pre-treatment compliance program and must fully 
implement and enforce the provisions of the Pretreatment Program in 
SPDES permits. The County must also pay a penalty of $624,000 and 
perform a nonpoint source Supplemental Environmental Project to reduce 
pollutants into the Onondaga Lake drainage area valued at $750,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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 and State of New York v. Onondaga County, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-3597.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New Jersey, 100 South 
Clinton Street, 9th Floor, Syracuse, New York, at U.S. EPA, Region II, 
290 Broadway, New York, New York (contact Diane Gomes at (212) 637-
3235), and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may 
be obtained in person of by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $14.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 99-16110 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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