[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21921]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on August 13, 2003, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States, et al. v. Hoosac Water Quality District, et al., Civil 
Action No. 03-30197, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts.
    In this section, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties against the Hoosac Water Quality District (``the 
District''), the City of North Adams, and the Town of Williamstown, 
(all located in Massachusetts), with respect to violations of the 
limitations imposed under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System (``NPDES'') permit issued to the District's Waste Water 
Treatment Plant pursuant to section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a). Under the terms of the proposed 
settlement, the Settling Defendants will pay a civil penalty of 
$100,000 and Williamstown will undertake a Supplemental Environmental 
Project with a cost to Williamstown of at least $168,400. In addition, 
the Settling Defendants will undertake measures to reduce infiltration 
and inflow into the District and otherwise bring the Plant into 
compliance with the CWA.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Hoosac Water Quality District, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
07289.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main Street, 
Springfield, Massachusetts, 0113, and at U.S. EPA Region I, One 
Congress Street, Boston, MA, 02114. During the public comment period, 
the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
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 e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost-no including the attached exhibits) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21921 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]
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