[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16626]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
On July 27, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Second Amended Consent Decree (``Second ACD'') in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Louisville
Division in the lawsuit entitled Commonwealth of Kentucky and United
States of America v. The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan
Sewer District (``MSD''), Civil Action No. 3:05-cv-00236-CRS.
A Consent Decree resolving the Plaintiffs' Clean Water Act
(``CWA'') claims against MSD was entered by the Court in 2005. That
Consent Decree was amended and the Amended Consent Decree was entered
by this Court in 2009. The proposed Second ACD includes significant new
work to enable MSD to meet the objectives of the CWA. The proposed
Second ACD replaces and supersedes the 2009 Amended Consent Decree.
Under the proposed Second ACD, MSD is required to undertake
critical infrastructure projects to ensure that the goals of the Clean
Water Act are met. As a result of the greater priority and expense of
this new work, the proposed Second ACD extends the deadlines for the
few remaining projects required by the 2009 Amended Consent Decree. The
proposed work required under the Second ACD is estimated to cost
approximately $1.1 billion. While the longest extension to one of the
remaining projects is eleven years, most of the work will be completed
much sooner.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Second ACD. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer
to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and United States of America v. The
Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, the D.J.
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08254. 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 Amended Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy
of the Second ACD 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 $15.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for the Second
ACD.
Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-16626 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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