[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36839-36840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15442]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 12, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States 
v. City of Rock Island, Illinois et al., Civil Action No. 00 C 4076 was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Central District 
of Illinois.
    The United States' complaint in this action asserts claims against 
the City of Rock Island (``City'') for injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. 
(the ``Act''), and a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
Permit regulation discharges of pollutants into surface waters from the 
City's publicly owned treatment works (``POTW''). The State of Illinois 
is also named as a defendant, pursuant to Section 309(e) of the Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1319(e).
    The proposed Consent Decree requires the City to comply with 
effluent limitations and all other requirements of the City's NPDES 
permit. In addition, the Consent Decree requires the City to develop 
and implement a Long Term Control Plan for insuring that combined sewer 
overflows (``CSO's'') from the POTW comply with the requirements of 
Rock Island's NPDES permit, the Clean Water Act, and the objectives of 
U.S. EPA's April 19, 1994 CSO Policy. Pursuant to the Long Term Control 
Plan, the City will complete specified studies and assessments, 
evaluate alternatives for eliminating, treating or reducing CSO 
discharges, and implement discharge control measures approved by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Under the proposed 
Consent Decree the City will also pay a civil penalty of $64,800 and 
expend at least $60,550 to implement a Supplement Environmental Project 
that will mitigate adverse effects of stormwater run-off on surface 
water bodies, improve habitat conditions in the area where the SEP is 
performed.
    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. 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, and should 
refer to United States v. City of Rock Island, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-
1-1-06489.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Star Cres Building, Third Floor, 11830 Second 
Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois 61201, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. During the public comment period, 
the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
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of Justice web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $14.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-15442 Filed 6-18-03; 8:45 am]
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