[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93711-93712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30709]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 15, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the District of Connecticut in the lawsuit entitled United 
States, et al. v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, Civil Action No. 
3:13-cv-01883 (JCH).
    In a supplemental complaint, the United States, on behalf of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Connecticut, on 
behalf of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental 
Protection, allege that the City of West Haven violated the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., by failing to comply with Sections 5(b) 
and 6 of the Small Municipal Separate Storm Water System (``MS4'') 
General Permit, which requires the City to develop, implement, and 
enforce a Surface Water Monitoring Plan (``SWMP'') designed to reduce 
to the maximum extent practicable the discharge of pollutants from its 
Small MS4. The proposed stipulation in this case, among other things, 
requires that the City update its illicit discharge ordinance; update 
its SWMP by submitting revised MS4 outfall maps

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and its Construction and Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff 
Control Programs; and develop and implement an operation and 
maintenance program that includes a training component.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States, et al. v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-1-1-10543. 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 stipulation may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed stipulation 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 E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-30709 Filed 12-20-16; 8:45 am]
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