[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18943]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 
Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 27, 2004, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States and State of Ohio v. City of 
Cambridge, Civil Action No. 01-10604, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
    This Consent Decree resolves specified claims against the City of 
Cambridge under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as set 
forth in the Complaint filed by the United States on October 30, 2001. 
Cambridge owns and operates a publicly-owned wastewater treatment works 
(``POTW''), and it discharges effluent from the POTW through an outfall 
into Wills Creek, a navigable water of the United States. Cambridge 
also disposes of sewage sludge from the POTW through land application.
    The proposed consent decree (CD) requires the City of Cambridge to 
complete the following: (1) Identify and remove any sewer cross 
connection existing in its collection system within 120 days of entry 
of the CD; (2) implement several flow reduction projects by December 
2005; (3) implement several pump station improvement projects by 
January 2007; (4) complete the necessary renovations to its plant 
sludge digesters within 180 days of entry of the CD; (5) update its 
operations and maintenance manual within thirty days of entry of the 
CD; (6) develop a sewer overflow action plan within thirty days of 
entry of the CD; and (7) evaluate its collection system one year after 
implementation of all the proposed consent decree work relating to both 
the flow reduction projects and the pump station improvements to see if 
the City's treatment works facility and collection system is still 
sustaining excessive infiltration/inflow (``I/I''); and if excessive I/
I was discovered, submit a work plan to the governmental agencies 
detailing what it will do to remove any excess I/I found. The proposed 
consent decree also obligates the City of Cambridge to pay civil 
penalties totaling $70,000, which is to be split equally between the 
United States and the State of Ohio.
    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 and State of Ohio v. City of Cambridge, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-06501.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region V, 
77 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604-3590. 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. During the public comment period, the proposed 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 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 of the proposed consent 
decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $16.00, payable to the 
U.S. Treasury, for reproduction costs.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18943 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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