[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23228-23229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8889]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on April 25, 2005, a proposed Partial 
Consent Decree in Commonwealth of Kentucky and United States v. 
Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, (``MSD'') 
Civil Action No. 3:05-CV-236S was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
    The joint Commonwealth of Kentucky and United States action sought 
penalties and injunctive relief for unauthorized discharges of 
untreated sewage and to address problems of overflows from sewers that 
carry a combination of untreated sewage and storm water under the Clean 
Water Act and MSD's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit issued by Kentucky. Under the Consent Decree, MSD will propose 
and implement specific corrective action plans to bring its combined 
sewer overflows into compliance with water quality standards and to 
eliminate unauthorized discharges from its sanitary sewers. The Consent 
Decree also requires MSD to pay a civil penalty to the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky of $1

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million and, under Kentucky supervision, to perform Supplemental 
Environmental Projects (SEP) costing an additional $2.25 million.
    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, the United States 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 U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Ben 
Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
Commonwealth of Kentucky and United States v. Louisville and Jefferson 
County Metropolitan Sewer District, (``MSD'') Civil Action No. 3:05-CV-
236S, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08254.
    The Consent Decree may be examined during the public comment period 
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, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. 
Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing 
or e-mailing a request a Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), 
fax number (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. 
When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $11.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 05-8889 Filed 5-3-05; 8:45 am]
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