[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06559]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 18, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Revised Second Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the 
Consent Decree (``Revised Second Consent Decree Modification'') with 
the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana 
in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of Louisiana v. 
City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Civil Action No. 
No. 3:01-cv-00978-BAJ-SCR.
    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 Revised Second Consent Decree Modification, the 
deadline would be extended to December 31, 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 publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Revised Second Consent Decree Modification. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. City of Baton 
Rouge, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-2769/1. All comments must be submitted no 
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail.........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                     DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                     Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Revised Second Consent Decree 
Modification may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will 
provide a paper copy of the Revised Second Consent Decree Modification 
upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail 
your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Please enclose a check or 
money order for $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the United States Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-06559 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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