[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24083]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et. seq.

    Notice is hereby given that on August 31, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States and State of Arizona v. City of 
Phoenix, Arizona, CV 001681PHXEHC, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Arizona. The United States filed 
this action pursuant to Section 1414(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(``SDWA''), 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(b), seeking injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for the Defendant's violation of various provisions of the 
SDWA and of 40 C.F.R. Part 411, the National Primary Drinking Water 
Regulations. The State of Arizona filed as a co-plaintiff for 
violations of Arizona statutes and regulations pertaining to drinking 
water.
    The proposed Consent Decree with the City of Phoenix requires 
Phoenix to pay a civil penalty of $350,000. The decree also sets out 
specific compliance measures that the City must implement regarding its 
public drinking water system. The City will also perform two 
supplemental environmental projects. The City will develop 
implementation strategies and implement measures to address taste and 
odor problems in drinking water served to customers by the City. The 
City will spend $1.26 million on this project. In addition, the City 
will sample to determine the presence of methyl tertiary butyl ether 
and ammonium perchlorate in various sources under different 
environmental conditions. The City will spend $26,240 on this project.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States and State of Arizona v. City of Phoenix, Arizona, and 
D.J. Ref. #90-5-1-1-4437.
    The Decree may be examined at the U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California, 94015, and at the U.S. Attorney's 
Office, at United States Courthouse, 230 First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 
85025. Copies of the decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.50 (25 cents per page reproductions cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-24083 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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