[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19203]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 13, 1999 a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Tafton Water Company, et al., Civil Action 
No. 33: CV 99-263, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action, the United States and Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection sought civil penalties, injunctive relief, and 
preliminary injunctive relief for violations of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act and its implementing regulations at the Tafton water system which 
serves the Wilson Hill development in Hawley, Pennsylvania. The 
proposed consent decree would resolve certain claims against one 
defendant, Richard M.S. Freeman, by requiring Richard Freeman to make 
modifications and repairs to the Tafton Water system to ensure long-
term adequate disinfection of the water supply. Richard Freeman will 
also be obligated to provide personal financial information to the 
United States for determination of a civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments to the consent decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Tafton 
Water Company, et. al., DOJ #90-1-1-06424.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the offices of the 
United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Federal 
Building 228 Walnut Street, Second Floor, P.O. Box 11754, Harrisburg, 
PA 17108; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd 
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 Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. 
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19203 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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