[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6937]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2006, a proposed consent 
decree in United States, et al. v. City of Brockton, Massachusetts, 
Civil Action No. 06-11334-NMG, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
    The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' and 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts' claims for violations of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act, 
Mass. Gen. Laws c. 21, Sec. Sec.  26, et seq., related to the City's 
alleged failure to comply with its discharge permit relating to the 
City's publically-owned treatment works (POTW). Pursuant to the 
proposed consent decree, the City will pay $120,000 as civil penalty 
for such violations, perform three supplemental environmental projects 
at a cost of $180,000, as well as institute necessary improvements at 
the POTW at an estimated cost of $95 million.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States, et al., v. City of Brockton, Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 
06-11334-NMG, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-08161.
    The proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main 
Street, U.S. Courthouse, Room 310, Springfield, MA. 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/Consent_Decrees.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. If 
requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please so note and 
enclose a check in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6937 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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