[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1185]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States and State 
of Oklahoma v. City of Okmulgee and Okmulgee Public Works Authority, 
Civ. No. 06-009-SH, DOJ 90-5-1-1-07445, was lodged in the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma on 
January 9, 2006. The Consent Decree resolves the liability of the named 
defendants to the United States and the State of Oklahoma for 
violations of Section 301 and 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1311 and 1321 (``Act''), and state law, and for related damages to 
natural resources within the Deep Fork River, within the Deep Fork 
National Wildlife Refuge, from the discharge of pollutants from the 
City's publicly owned treatment works and sanitary sewer collection 
system in violation of the Act, National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (``NPDES'') and Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (``OPDES'') permits, and Title 27A of the Oklahoma 
Statutes.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants are required to 
upgrade the Okmulgee facility and sanitary sewer collection system in 
accordance with schedules specified in the Consent Decree at a cost of 
approximately $18.5 million. Defendants also must abide by operation 
and maintenance requirements set forth in the Decree. Additionally, 
Defendants will pay a civil penalty totaling $470,000 and will pay the 
sum of $430,000 to the U.S. Department of the Interior for natural 
resource damages.
    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 Oklahoma v. City of Okmulgee and 
Okmulgee Public Works Authority, DOJ 90-5-1-1-07445.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1200 West 
Okmulgee, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401, and at U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202. 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 from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $17.00 for the Consent Decree, or $131.50 for the Consent 
Decree with appendices (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1185 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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