[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 76958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28046]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 9, 2004, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of Reading, 
Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 04-5696, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
simultaneously with a complaint.
    The complaint alleges discharges of pollutants and other violations 
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., by the City of Reading 
and seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for its operation of 
its sewage treatment plant.
    The consent decree lodged concurrently with the complaint resolves 
the claims in the complaint and obligates the City of Reading to pay a 
civil penalty of $239,000 to be divided equally between the United 
States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the settlement, the 
City agrees to extensive remedies to or replacements of parts of the 
existing sewage treatment plant. The City also will perform a 
Supplemental Environmental Project in the Angelica Park wetlands.
    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 Reading, DOJ 90-5-1-1-07869 
and Civil Action No. 04-5696.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, c/o Margaret 
Hutchinson, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, 
and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2029. 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, 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 from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $14.00, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-28046 Filed 12-22-04; 8:45 am]
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