[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58824-58825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23701]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR Sec.  50.7, 38 FR 19029, notice is hereby 
given that on September 5, 2002 a Consent Decree was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in United 
States v. City of Waterbury, Civil Action No. 3:02CV01569 (CFD). A 
complaint was also filed simultaneously with the lodging of the Consent 
Decree. In the complaint the United States, on behalf

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of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges that the 
defendant City of Waterbury (``the City'') violated the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., (``CWA'') in connection with the City's 
operation of its publicly-owned treatment works. The violations alleged 
in the complaint include discharges of untreated wastewater to 
navigable waters through point sources other than those authorized by 
the City's permit. The complaint also alleges certain violations of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7671-7671q, and the accompanying regulations 
in that the City crushed discarded appliances in a manner that the City 
knew would result in the release of refrigerants into the environment. 
The consent decree requires the City pay a civil penalty of $350,000 
and to perform injunctive relief to achieve compliance with the Clean 
Water Act and the Clean Air Act.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. City of Waterbury, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2212.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 157 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, 
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, P.O. 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 $9.25 
payable to the ``U.S. Treasury.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-23701 Filed 9-17-02; 8:45 am]
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