[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: 99-19204]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States of 
America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Borough of Schuylkill 
Haven and Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority, Civil Action No. 97-
4815 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged with the court on June 18, 1999.
    The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States and the 
Commonwealth against defendants Borough of Schuylkill Haven and 
Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority for violations of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The decree requires defendants (1) to pay a 
civil penalty of $60,000, half to the United States and half to the 
Commonwealth, and (2) to achieve and maintain compliance with the 
effluent limits in the discharge permit for the Schuylkill Haven sewage 
treatment plant.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Borough of 
Schuylkill Haven and Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority, Civil Action 
No. 97-4815 (E.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3721A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 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., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 99-19204 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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