[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15611-15612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06104]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Third Modified Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Water Act

    On March 14, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Third Modified Consent Decree with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana in the lawsuit entitled United States 
v. Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans, Civil Action No. 2:93-CV-
3212-MVL.
    In 1998, a Consent Decree was entered in this Clean Water Act 
enforcement action. Among other requirements, that Consent Decree 
required the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans (``the Board'') to 
perform remedial work on its sewage system in nine designated basins. 
Work in four of those basins was completed prior to Hurricane Katrina 
in 2005. A Modified Consent Decree extending the deadlines for the 
remaining five basins was entered in 2010. For two basins of those five 
basins, the schedule was further extended under a Second Modified 
Consent Decree entered in 2013. The proposed Third Modified Consent 
Decree would extend the schedule for the three basins not addressed in 
the Second Modified Consent Decree (i.e., the MidCity, Carrollton, and 
South Shore basins). In addition to the schedule changes, the proposed 
Third Modified Consent Decree also includes additional requirements 
related to funding green infrastructure and to reporting on 
coordination between the Board and the City of New Orleans with respect 
to work required under the Third Modified Consent Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Third Modified Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Sewage and Water Board of New 
Orleans, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4032. 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 Third Modified 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 Third Modified 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 $17.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-06104 Filed 3-19-14; 8:45 am]
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