[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6834-6835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03473]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On February 21, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Partial Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') with the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts in the lawsuit 
entitled United States, et al. v. City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, Civil 
Action No. 19-cv-10332. In a Complaint, the United States, on behalf of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges that the 
City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, violated the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 
U.S.C. 1311 and 1319, by discharging pollutants from its wastewater 
collection system without authorization and not in compliance with its 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a Plaintiff-Intervenor in the case. 
The proposed Partial Consent Decree requires that Holyoke submit a 
long-term, combined sewer overflow plan by December 31, 2019, with 
stipulated penalties attached for late submission. Civil penalties are 
deferred. The Consent Decree is partial in nature because, once the 
City develops its plan,

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the parties intend to negotiate what further steps the City must take 
regarding the discharges.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Partial Consent Decree. 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 Holyoke, 
Massachusetts, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11703. 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 Partial Consent 
Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide 
a paper copy of the proposed Partial 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 $11.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-03473 Filed 2-27-19; 8:45 am]
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