[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 204 (Friday, October 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27006]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on October 4, 2000, a consent decree was lodged in 
United States v. Maryland Aviation Administration, a Unit of the 
Maryland DOT, Civil Action No. WMN-00-2992, with the United States 
District Court for the District of Maryland.
    This consent decree resolves alleged violations of Clean Water Act 
section 309, 33 U.S.C. 1319, against the Maryland Aviation 
Administration, a Unit of the Maryland Department of Transportation, 
which is an Agency of the State of Maryland, for discharges in excess 
of permitted effluent limits and failure to meet requirements set forth 
in MAA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for its 
facility at the Baltimore Washington International Airport in Glen 
Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Components of the settlement 
agreement include: (1) Injunctive provisions designed to reduce the 
amount of deicing fluid discharged; (2) a penalty payment of $50,000; 
(3) a Supplemental Environmental Project to perform a fish study valued 
at $90,000; and (4) a payment of $50,000 to the citizen plaintiffs for 
their attorneys fees and costs associated with the related civil 
action: WMN-98-784.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Maryland Aviation Administration, a Unit of the Maryland DOT, 
DOT Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4543. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined 
at the office of the United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 604 
United States Courthouse, 101 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. 
Copies of the consent decree may also be examined at the offices of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A copy of the Consent Decree may also 
be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. When requesting a copy by 
mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.75 (twenty-five cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.``

Bruce Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27006 Filed 10-19-00; 8:45 am]
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