[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1577]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Second Agreement and Order Regarding 
Modification of the Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 19, 2012, a proposed Second 
Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree 
(``Second Consent Decree Modification'') in United States and Louisiana 
v. City of Baton Rouge, Civil Action No. 3:01-cv-00978-FJP-CN, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Louisiana.
    This action was originally filed in 2001 by the United States and 
the State of Louisiana under Clean Water Act (``CWA'') Section 301, 33 
U.S.C. 1311, seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief for 
violations related to the publically owned treatment works owned and 
operated by the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge 
(collectively ``the City/Parish''). On March 14, 2002, the Court 
entered a Consent Decree resolving all claims in the Complaint (``the 
2002 Consent Decree''). Among other requirements, the 2002 Consent 
Decree required the City/Parish to complete implementation by January 
1, 2015 of a project to improve its sewage collection system including 
addressing Unauthorized Discharges such as sanitary sewer overflows. 
Under the proposed Second Consent Decree Modification, the deadline 
would be extended to January 1, 2018 and the City/Parish would 
implement additional work including installation of a supervisory 
control and data acquisition system and installation of emergency 
generators at over 400 pump stations used in the sewage collection 
system.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Second 
Consent Decree Modification. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and either emailed 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 Louisiana v. City of Baton Rouge, 
D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-2769/1.
    During the public comment period, the Second Consent Decree 
Modification, may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A 
copy of the Second Consent Decree Modification 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 emailing a request 
to ``Consent Decree Copy'' ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury or, if requesting by email or fax, forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-1577 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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