[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3063]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 18, 2001, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and State of Georgia v. Dalton Utilities, et 
al., Civil Action No. 4:98-CV-191-HLM was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
    In this action the United States and the State of Georgia sought 
civil penalties and injunctive relief to address violations of the 
Clean Water Act in the wastewater operations of Dalton Utilities, part 
of the muncipality of Dalton, Georgia. In particular, the United States 
and State of Georgia alleged unlawful discharges from the collection 
system and land application system, unlawful disposal of sewage sludge, 
and violations of Dalton Utilities' pretreatment program. In the 
Consent Decree, the defendants agree to pay a civil penalty of $6 
million and to perform various injunctive relief. The defendants agree 
to submit to audits of their collection system and pretreatment 
program, and to make improvements identified during the audits. The 
defendants agree to monitor their land application system for one year 
and to correct the causes of any discharges. The State of Georgia 
agrees to issue a draft NPDES permit covering the land application 
system at the end of the monitoring period. The defendants also agree 
to a permanent injunction against the land application of sewage sludge 
and to remediate, if necessary, fields formerly used for sludge 
disposal.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and State of Georgia v. Dalton Utilities, et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-4436.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 73 Spring Street, SW, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $28.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3063 Filed 2-5-01; 8:45 am]
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