[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 53477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7531]


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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 August 15, 2006, a proposed Second 
Partial Consent Decree in United States v. City of San Diego, Civil 
Action No. 03-CV-1349K (POR), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of California. The United 
States' action is consolidated with San Diego Baykeeper, et al. v. City 
of San Diego, Civil Action No. 01-CV-0550B (POR), and State of 
California v. City of San Diego, Civil Action No. 03-CV-1381J (POR).
    In this action the United States seeks penalties and injunctive 
relief to address sanitary sewer overflows and other violations of the 
Clean Water Act (``Act'') and the City of San Diego's National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit.
    Under this Second Partial Consent Decree, the City will, among 
other requirements: (1) Inspect, rehabilitate, and replace portions of 
the sewer system; (2) control root problems; (3) clean a specified 
amount of sewer pipe; (4) implement a grease blockage control program; 
and (5) perform analyses of canyon-based sewer lines.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Second 
Partial 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 San Diego, Civil Action No. 03-CV-
1349K (POR), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4364/1.
    The Second Partial Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. During 
the public comment period, the Second Partial Consent Decree may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Second Partial 
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 $13.75 (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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7531 Filed 9-8-06; 8:45 am]
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