[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18755]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Entered on 
December 29, 1999 in United States and State of Georgia v. City of 
Atlanta, Civil Action No. 1:98-CV-1956-TWT, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta 
Division on July 12, 2002.
    The First Amended Consent Decree involved the settlement of Claims 
brought by the United States and State pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. and the Georgia Water Quality Control Act, 
O.G.A. Secs. 12-5-21 et seq. The United States and State sought the 
assessment of civil penalties and injunctive relief to bring the City 
into compliance with the Clean Water Act and the Georgia Water Quality 
Control Act. The proposed and agreed upon Amendment would modify the 
Consent Decree by: (1) Substituting a tunnel project for a diversion 
project; (2) providing for a different date of completion for the 
tunnel project, and (3) changing the time in which the City must remit 
payment of stipulated penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Each communication should refer on its face to United 
States and State of Georgia v. City of Atlanta, DOJ 90-5-1-
4430.
    The proposed Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 
1800 U.S. Courthouse, 75 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30335, 
and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Office, 61 
Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. A copy of the proposed 
Amendment to Consent Decree may be obtained by (1) Mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611; or by (2) faxing the request to Tonia 
Fleetwood, U.S. Department of justice, fax number (202) 616-6584; phone 
confirmation (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please forward the 
request and a check in the amount of $1.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-18755 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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