[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30332-30333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11955]


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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 FR 19029, notice is hereby given 
that on May 3, 2004, a Consent Decree was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Connecticut in United States v. Town 
of Branford, Civil Action No. 3:04-cv-00735 (JCH). A complaint 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 Branford 
(``the Town'') violated the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., 
(``CWA'') in connection with the City's operation of

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its publicly-owned treatment works. The complaint alleges that the Town 
discharged untreated wastewater to navigable waters through point 
sources other than those authorized by the Town's permit. The consent 
decree requires the Town to pay a civil penalty of $300,000--$150,000 
to the State of Connecticut and $150,000 to the United States--and to 
perform injunctive relief to achieve compliance with the Clean Water 
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, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Town of Branford, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
07632.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 157 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
06510, and at the Region I office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 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 proposed consent decree may 
also be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 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, please enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page 
reproduction cost) in the amount of $11.00 payable to the ``U.S. 
Treasury.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-11955 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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