[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24057-24058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10317]


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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 April 25, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and the State of Iowa v. City of Dubuque, Iowa, 
Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-01011-EJM, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
    In this action the United States and the State of Iowa seek civil 
penalties and injunctive relief for violations of the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., in connection with the City of Dubuque's 
operation of its municipal wastewater and sewer system. The

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Complaint alleges that the City's discharges from its sanitary sewer 
overflows (``SSOs'') violate the Clean Water Act because the discharge 
of sewage violates limitations and conditions in the City's National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, City will be required to 
implement injunctive measures to prevent SSOs and comply with its NPDES 
permit, including upgrade its wastewater treatment plant and sewer 
collection system. The City will perform a supplemental environmental 
project in which it will reconstruct four alleys in the City with 
permeable interlocking pavers. Finally the City will pay $205,000 in 
civil penalties to be split evenly between the United States and the 
State of Iowa.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this 
publication. 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 and the State of Iowa v. City of Dubuque, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-1-1-09339.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 N. Fifth St., Kansas 
City, KS 66101 (contact Associate Regional Counsel Christopher 
Muehlberger (913) 551-7623). During the public comment period, the 
proposed 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 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 $12.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-10317 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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