[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37439-37440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15122]


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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 June 6, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America v. The City of Perth Amboy, New 
Jersey a Municipal Corporation, and the State of New Jersey, Civil 
Action No. 2:12-cv-03404 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the City of Perth Amboy's 
(Perth Amboy) Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from its 
failure to properly operate and maintain its combined sewer system. 
Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Perth Amboy will pay a $17,000 
penalty and implement injunctive relief valued at approximately $5.4 
million. The injunctive relief required by the Consent Decree includes 
a system-wide inspection and engineering assessment that will result in 
a corrective action plan that will include construction projects to 
repair and reline sewer lines, a pilot study of combined sewer 
overflows, and the development of a revised operation and maintenance 
manual.
    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 emailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
the City of Perth Amboy, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-09500.
    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

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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 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 
$56.50 (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.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-15122 Filed 6-20-12; 8:45 am]
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