[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 18629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06981]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 21, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
partial consent decree with the United States District Court for the 
District of Kansas in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Unified 
Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, et al., Civil 
Action No. 13-02141-EFM-KGG.
    The United States filed this Clean Water Act lawsuit on behalf of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The complaint seeks 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the Clean Water 
Act in connection with the Unified Government's sewer and storm water 
systems. The proposed Partial Consent Decree will require the Unified 
Government to implement improved operation and maintenance programs for 
the sewer system, perform initial work over the next four years to 
address sewer overflows, develop a proposed overflow control plan for 
the sewer system by September 2016, and implement an improved Storm 
Water Management Plan for the storm water system. The partial 
settlement will not resolve the United States' claims for civil 
penalties or injunctive relief.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Unified Government of Wyandotte 
County and Kansas City, Kansas, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09463. 
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 Partial Consent Decree 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 Partial Consent Decree 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 $84.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $22.50.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-06981 Filed 3-26-13; 8:45 am]
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