[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 68620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28108]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean 
Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 27, 2010, a Consent Decree 
in United States of America, et al. v. Bristol Township, Civil Action 
No. 10-5049, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The United States and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania also filed claims pursuant to the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq, and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams 
Law, 35 P.S. Sec. Sec.  691.1 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree 
relates to the operation of the publicly owned treatment works in 
Bristol Township, and obligates the Township to implement a series of 
immediate reforms, repairs and upgrades to more accurately assess the 
function of its collection system. With these tools, the consent decree 
requires the Township to perform a wide variety of short-, medium, and 
long-term studies to assess what additional capital improvements will 
be required. Once these studies are reviewed and approved by EPA and 
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), the 
consent decree requires that the capital improvements be completed in 
accordance with schedules that it establishes. The consent decree, 
which resolves the claims brought by the State and Federal plaintiffs, 
also obligates the Township to pay a civil penalty of $226,000 and 
establishes a sliding scale of stipulated penalties in case Bristol 
does not come into compliance with the conditions of its permit.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
proposed 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, Attention: 
Nancy Flickinger (EES), and should refer to Unitd States, et al. v. 
Bristol Township, Civil Action No. 10-5049, DOJ  90-5-1-1-
09460.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 
Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19016. The consent decree 
also may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
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 $ 16.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost for a full copy) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz, Assistant Chief
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-28108 Filed 11-5-10; 8:45 am]
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