[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-305]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Winchester Municipal Utilities, Civ. No. 06-102-KSF, was 
lodged on January 16, 2007, with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve certain claims under 
Sections 301 and 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., 
against the City of Winchester (``the City'') and Winchester Municipal 
Utilities (``WMU''), through the performance of injunctive measures, 
the payment of a civil penalty, and the performance of a Supplemental 
Environmental Project (``SEP''). The United States and the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky allege that the City and WMU are liable as persons who 
discharged a pollutant from a point source to navigable waters of the 
United States without a permit.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve the liability of the City 
and WMU for the violations alleged in the amended complaint filed in 
this matter. To resolve these claims, the City and WMU would perform 
injunctive measures valued at over $79 million and described in the 
proposed Consent Decree; would pay a civil penalty of $75,000 to the 
United States Treasury; and would perform a SEP valued at $230,000, 
which is designed to abate stormwater runoff pollution to an impaired 
waterway.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044 and should 
refer to United States v. Winchester Municipal Utilities, DJ No. 90-5-
1-1-08806.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 110 West 
Vine Street, Suite 400, Lexington KY 40507-1671, and at the Region 4 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta GA 30303. During the public comment 
period, the 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 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 $65.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. The check should 
refer to United States v. Winchester Municipal Utilities, DJ No. 90-5-
1-1-00806.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-305 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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