[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 52137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21213]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On September 23, 2019, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint
and concurrently lodged a proposed Consent Decree to resolve claims by
the United States against the Utah Department of Transportation for
violations of the Clean Water Act, specifically violations of the terms
and conditions of Defendant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Permit issued by the State of Utah under Section 402(b) of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342(b), for discharges of stormwater from
Defendant's municipal separate storm sewer system (``MS4'') throughout
the State of Utah. The Complaint alleges that Defendant failed to
comply with permit procedures related to wet and dry weather monitoring
of its MS4; implement a program to detect and eliminate illicit
discharges and improper disposal into the MS4; implement a program to
reduce pollutants in construction site stormwater runoff; implement and
enforce a program to address post-construction stormwater runoff in new
development and redevelopment; and implement an operation and
maintenance program to reduce polluted runoff from municipal
operations. The proposed Consent Decree addresses the alleged
violations by requiring Defendant to update its MS4 plans and operating
practices to comply with its permit and to pay a $325,000 civil
penalty.
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 Utah Department of Transportation,
Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-00677, DOJ number 90-5-1-1-11614. All comments
must be submitted no later than 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 $10.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $9.00.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-21213 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
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