[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11326-11327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05710]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Clean 
Water Act

    On March 18, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Ohio in United States and State of Ohio v. City of Toledo, 
Ohio, Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-601-JGC.
    The Consent Decree settles claims brought by the United States and 
the State of Ohio seeking recovery for damages for injury to, 
destruction of, or loss of natural resources, including the reasonable 
costs of assessing such injury, destruction, or loss incurred in 
connection with the Ottawa River Natural Resources Assessment Site, 
located in Toledo, Ohio, pursuant Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a), and Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321. The 
Consent Decree requires the Defendant, the City of Toledo, Ohio, to (1) 
implement and maintain a restoration project, (2) finance the United 
State Department of Interior's (``DOI'') implementation of a second 
restoration project and deed property to DOI to enable DOI to maintain 
wetlands located on DOI property, (3) pay restoration oversight costs 
to DOI and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and (4) pay the 
United States and the State of Ohio a total of $420,000 in past natural 
resources damage assessment costs.
    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 State of Ohio v. City of Toledo, 
Ohio, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09090/2. 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 website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
    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 $45.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy

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without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $11.75.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05710 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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