[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 130 (Friday, July 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38660-38661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6048]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 22, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority 
(``PRASA''), Civil action No. 06-1624 (SEC) was lodged with the United 
States court for the District of Puerto Rico.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves PRASA's Clean Water Act (CWA) 
violations involving discharges in violation of CWA permits; failure to 
operate and properly maintain all 61 wastewater treatment plants; and 
discharges of raw sewage from seven collection systems. Under the terms 
of the Consent Decree, PRASA will pay a $1 million penalty, undertake a 
Supplemental Environment Project valued at $3 million, and implement 
injunctive relief valued at approximately $1.7 billion. PRASA agrees to 
complete 145 short-term, mid-term and/or long-term capital improvement 
projects at its wastewater treatment plants over the next 15 years. 
PRASA will also implement a Spill Response and Cleanup Plan and an 
Integrated Maintenance Program to promote proper operation and 
maintenance of its wastewater treatment plants.
    The 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 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. PRASA.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Federal Office Building, Rm. 10, Carlos E. 
Chard[oacute]n Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and at U.S. EPA Region 
II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York. During the public comment period, 
the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice

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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, 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 $39.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6048 Filed 7-6-06; 8:45 am]
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