[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 7862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01427]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act

    On January 13, 2017, the Department of Justice filed a complaint 
and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the District of Kansas in the lawsuit entitled United States 
v. The City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, Civil Action No. 17-cv-01014.
    In this action under 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (``SDWA'') and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 
CFR part 141, the United States sought civil penalties for violations 
of the Maximum Contaminant Level for nitrate of 10 milligrams per 
Liter. The proposed Decree requires Defendants to perform injunctive 
relief and pay to the United States civil penalties of $1,500.00 within 
thirty (30) days of the entry of the Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. The City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11526. 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 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-01427 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am]
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