[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 163 (Thursday, August 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47658-47659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18415]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged a 
proposed Amended Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of Indiana in United States of America and 
State of Indiana v. City of South Bend, Indiana, No. 3:11CV505. The 
proposed Amended Consent Decree supersedes and replaces the original 
Consent Decree that the Court entered on May 2, 2012.
    The 2012 Consent Decree resolved claims for civil penalties, and 
injunctive relief in the form of a Long Term Control Plan for 
violations of the Clean Water Act and related State law claims 
regarding the City of South Bend's operation of its municipal 
wastewater and sewer system. In the proposed Amended Consent Decree, 
South Bend agrees to construct and operate a sewage conveyance and 
treatment system that, once fully implemented by 2038, would 
significantly increase the level of control of pollutant discharges 
required under the 2012 Consent Decree by, among other things, treating 
sewage and wastewater discharges to meet Indiana's water quality 
standard for E. coli.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Amended Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States of America and State of Indiana v. 
City of South Bend, Indiana, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08182. All comments 
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication 
date of

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this notice. Comments may be submitted by email or 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 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 the 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 $23.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Karen S. Dworkin,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-18415 Filed 8-25-21; 8:45 am]
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