[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 49949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20170]



[[Page 49949]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 10, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America and State of Hawaii v. City and 
County of Honolulu, Civil No. 94-00765 DAE-KSC (D. Hawaii), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
    In the Supplemental Complaint filed in this action, the United 
States sought injunctive relief and civil penalties against the City 
and County of Honolulu (``CCH'') for violations of the Clean Water Act 
and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits at its 
publicly owned treatment works on Oahu, Hawaii. The Supplemental 
Complaint alleged that CCH discharged pollutants from its sanitary 
sewage collection system, failed to comply with permit effluent 
limitations at two wastewater treatment plants, and failed to meet 
permit construction deadlines for its Sand Island treatment plant. The 
State of Hawaii has joined as a co-plaintiff and brings its own claims 
under State law. In the proposed Consent Decree, CCH agrees to 
implement a set of comprehensive injunctive measures in its collection 
system including: repair and replacement of sewer gravity mains, force 
mains, and pump stations; development of condition assessments and 
spill contingency plans for force mains; development of condition 
assessments and a systematic cleaning program for gravity mains; and 
development of a control program for the discharge of grease. In 
addition, CCH agrees to complete construction of facilities at two 
wastewater treatment plants required to comply with secondary treatment 
standards of the Clean Water Act. Finally, the Consent Decree requires 
CCH to pay a $1.6 million civil penalty, half to the United States and 
half to the State.
    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, with a copy to Robert 
Mullaney, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States of America 
and State of Hawaii v. City and County of Honolulu, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
09981.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, PJKK Federal Building, Room 
6-100, Honolulu, Hawaii, and at U.S. EPA Region 9, Office of Regional 
Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. During the 
public comment period, the 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 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 $37.75 (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. In 
requesting a copy exclusive of appendices, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $24.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section. Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-20170 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P