[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 56 (Friday, March 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15195-15196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5671]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree


Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 14, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States & Commonwealth of Kentucky v. 
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-
00386-KSF, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims against the 
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (``LFUCG'') for the Clean 
Water Act violations involving the municipal separate storm sewer 
system and the sanitary sewer system alleged in the complaint filed in 
November 2006 by the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 
The proposed Consent Decree provides for LFUCG to perform injunctive 
measures as described in the Consent Decree, to pay a civil penalty of 
$425,000 to the United States, and to perform federal Supplemental 
Environmental Projects

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valued at $1.23 million, and state environmental projects valued at 
$1.5 million.
    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, 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 
United States & Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Lexington Fayette Urban 
County Government, Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-00386-KSF, D.J. Ref. 90-5-
1-1-08858.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 260 West Vine 
Street, Lexington, KY 40507, 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 
Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, to: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 of the Consent 
Decree exclusive of appendices from the Consent Decree Library, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $24.50 (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. To obtain copies of the appendices to the Consent Decree, 
which are approximately 1,800 pages, please contact Tonia Fleetwood 
regarding the total cost of copying appendices, at 25 cents per page.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-5671 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]
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