[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 33216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13442]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 3, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Indiana in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State 
of Indiana v. United Water, Inc., United Water Environmental Services, 
Inc., United Water Services, LLC, and United Water Services Indiana, 
LLC, Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-00193 (N.D. Ind.).
    The consent decree would resolve claims under the Clean Water Act 
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., based on the alleged violations by 
United Water, Inc. and its subsidiaries United Water Environmental 
Services, Inc., United Water Services LLC, and United Water Services 
Indiana LLC during their operation of a publicly owned wastewater 
treatment system in the City of Gary, Indiana between 1998 and 2010. A 
complaint, filed concurrently with the lodging of the proposed decree, 
sets forth the claims brought under Section 309(b) and (d) of the CWA 
for: (1) Unauthorized discharges of pollutants under Section 301 of the 
Act; (2) failure to comply with the terms of a permit issued to Gary 
Sanitary District under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System (``NPDES'') provisions of the CWA that was effective between 
2006 and 2012; and (3) failure to timely submit information requested 
by EPA in 2010 under Section 308 of CWA. Under the proposed decree, 
United Water will pay a civil penalty of $645,000.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and the State of Indiana v. United 
Water, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-2601/1. 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 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 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 $4.50 (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. 2014-13442 Filed 6-9-14; 8:45 am]
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