[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40211-40212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15934]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On July 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged a
proposed Amendment to Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Indiana in United States and State
of Indiana v. City of Elkhart, Indiana, Civil Action No. 2:11CV328. The
lodging of the proposed Amendment to Consent Decree, by the United
States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with the
concurrence of the State of Indiana on behalf of the Indiana Department
of Environmental Management, modifies the Consent Decree in this action
that was entered by the Court on November 30, 2011.
The 2011 Consent Decree resolved claims for civil penalties as well
as injunctive relief in the form of a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) for
violations of the Clean Water Act and related State law claims in
connection with the City of Elkhart's operation of its municipal
wastewater and sewer system. The proposed Amendment to Consent Decree
modifies the LTCP by allowing the City to change the technology
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currently used to treat the wastewater originating from its combined
sewer system, allowing one additional year to implement such change.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States and State of Indiana v. City of
Elkhart, Indiana, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08202. 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............................. Acting 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: http://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 $18.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.
Patricia McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-15934 Filed 7-26-21; 8:45 am]
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