[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 32998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13296]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Water Act

    On May 30, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia a proposed 
Third Amendment to the Consent Decree previously entered in United 
States and Commonwealth of Virginia v. Hampton Roads Sanitation 
District, Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-481 (``Third Amendment'').
    The United States filed a complaint and lodged a consent decree 
concurrently in September, 2009, to address claims under the Clean 
Water Act arising from sanitary sewer overflows in the service area of 
the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (``HRSD''). A second amendment, 
entered in 2013, extended the deadline for the completion of the 
Regional Wet Weather Management Plan (``RWWMP'') in order to give HRSD 
and the local governments up to three years to study, evaluate, and 
implement regionalization, i.e., consolidation of ownership and control 
of all the collection and treatment system under HRSD.
    The regionalization study was completed but the local governments 
and HRSD did not agree to transfer ownership to HRSD. This Third 
Amendment provides, consistent with HRSD and the local governments' 
agreement, that HRSD, as the central authority, will design, fund and 
implement the projects in the RWWMP, including in systems where the 
assets were owned by the local communities, so that the benefits of the 
regional approach could be realized. The Third Amendment also extends a 
final deadline for submission of the Regional Wet Weather Management 
Plan to 2017.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Third Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States et al. v. Hampton Roads Sanitation 
District, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09125. 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 email............................  [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 proposed Third Amendment 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 Amendment 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 $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-13296 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
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