[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 6670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1732]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7 and 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that on January 8, 2001, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 01-11-JD was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of New Hampshire. The proposed Consent Decree will 
resolve the United States' claims under Section 309 of the Clean Water 
Act (``CWA''), 33. U.S.C. 1319, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') against the defendant relating to the 
Beacon Street Facility and the Redington Street Facility, both located 
in Littleton, New Hampshire, and the Milford Facility, located in 
Milford, New Hampshire. The Complaint alleges that the defendant is 
liable under Section 309 of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 
1319.
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the defendant agrees to pay to the 
United States a civil penalty of $525,000 and to perform injunctive 
relief. Further, the defendant agrees to: comply with the federal 
pretreatment standards for the Metal Finishing Point Source Category 
set forth at 40 CFR 433.17; comply with the General Pretreatment 
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution set forth at 40 
CFR part 403, at its Beacon Street and Redington Street Facilities; 
begin monitoring all process wastewater discharged to the Town of 
Littleton's publicly owned treatment works from its Beacon Street and 
Redington Street Facilities; submit monthly reports on the samplying 
and analysis; and implement the individual Storm Water Pollution 
Prevention Plans, which were developed for each facility.
    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. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. 
Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-11-JD, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-06922.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, U.S. Department of 
Justice, 55 Pleasant Street, Room 352, Concord, New Hampshire, 03301-
3904, and at U.S. EPA New England (Region 1), One Congress Street, 
Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114-2023. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the 
amount of $6.75 payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 01-1732 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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