[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 34954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12199]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 19029, notice is 
hereby given that on April 30, 2002, a Consent Decree was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 
United States v. Town of Winchendon, Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 
02-10777. A compliant in the action was also filed simultaneously with 
the lodging of the Consent Decree. In the complaint the United States, 
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges 
that the defendant Town of Winchendon (the Town) violated the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., in the operation of its publicly-
owned system to collect and treat sanitary sewage and industrial waste 
water. The violations involve EPA requirements for control of waste 
water discharges and discharges of pollutants; requirements of the 
Town's federal and state pollutant discharge permits; and discharge of 
untreated waste water into navigable waters. The consent decree 
requires the Town of pay a civil penalty of $45,000 ($30,000 to the 
federal government and $15,000 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 
and to comply with relevant environmental laws by upgrading and 
repairing its publicly-owned treatment works and sewer system.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. Town of Winchendon, Massachusetts, DOJ #90-5-
1-1-07490.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 9200, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02110, and at the Region I office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose 
a check (there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount 
of $9.50 payable to the ``U.S. Treasury.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-12199 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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