[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 216 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 63185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5580]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 1, 2007, a proposed 
``Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree with 
Respect to TESI'' in U.S. v. Acadia Woods Add. #2 Sewer Co., Civil 
Action No. 6:98-0687, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Louisiana.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties under the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq., in connection with sewage treatment plants (``STPs'') in 
Louisiana owned and operated by Johnson Properties, Inc. On December 
21, 2000, the ``Consent Decree with Respect to TESI'' was entered 
(``the 2000 Consent Decree''). On December 23, 2000, Total 
Environmental Solutions, Inc. (``TESI'') purchased the STPs at issue in 
the civil action. The 2000 Consent Decree provided a plan and schedule 
whereby TESI would bring the STPs it purchased into compliance with the 
CWA. The proposed Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the 
Consent Decree with Respect to TESI modifies the plan and schedule 
whereby TESI would bring the STPs it purchased into compliance with the 
CWA. The proposed Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the 
Consent Decree with Respect to TESI also modifies the stipulated 
penalties provisions of the 2000 Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree with 
Respect to TESI. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to U.S. v. Acadia Woods Add. #2 Sewer Co., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4375.
    The Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent 
Decree with Respect to TESI may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 800 Lafayette Street, 
Suite 2200, Lafayette, LA 70501, and at U.S. EPS Region, Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202. During the public comment period, the 
Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree with 
Respect to TESI may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A 
copy of the Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent 
Decree with Respect to TESI 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 $12.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost). If the request is made by e-mail 
or fax, please forward a check in the appropriate amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address. The check should be payable to 
the ``United States Treasury.''

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5580 Filed 11-7-07; 8:45 am]
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