[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20660-20661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09659]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 29, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Hawaii in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Hawaii 
Department of Health v. Waste Management Hawaii, Inc. and City and 
County of Honolulu, Civil Action No. 19-cv-00224.
    The United States and the State of Hawaii Department of Health 
filed this lawsuit under the Clean Water Act and Hawaii State law. The 
complaint seeks penalties and injunctive relief for discharges of 
pollutants, including contaminated storm water and solid waste, from 
the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill located in Oahu, Hawaii. The 
landfill is operated by defendant Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc., and 
owned by defendant the City and County of Honolulu. The proposed 
Consent Decree requires the Defendants to perform injunctive relief to 
improve storm water management and address effluent limit violations at 
the landfill. The proposed Consent Decree also requires payment of 
civil penalties to the United States of $150,000 by Waste Management of 
Hawaii, Inc., and $62,500 by the City and County of Honolulu. The 
proposed Consent Decree further requires payments to the Hawaii State 
Department of Land and Natural Resources of $150,000 by Waste 
Management of Hawaii, Inc., and $62,500 by the City and County of 
Honolulu, with these funds to be used for research and restoration of 
coral and coral habitat.
    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 Hawaii Department of 
Health v. Waste Management Hawaii, Inc. and City and County of 
Honolulu, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10729. 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].

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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 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 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 $14.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-09659 Filed 5-9-19; 8:45 am]
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