[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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