[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 226 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 67726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25861]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modifications of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Water Act
On November 22, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged proposed
modifications to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia in United States and the
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Civil
Case No. 2:09-cv-481 (E.D. Va.).
The original Consent Decree was entered in February, 2010, and
resolved civil claims under the Clean Water Act relating to the
discharge of pollutants to navigable waters in the Tidewater region of
southeast Virginia. The Consent Decree included wet weather capacity-
related measures ensuring that the regional sanitary sewer system and
the Defendant's sewage treatment plants have adequate capacity to
convey and treat wet weather sewer flows within the Hampton Roads
region. In addition to the wet weather capacity-related measures
required by the Consent Decree, HRSD has numerous other regional
environmental obligations and initiatives which also further the CWA's
objective of protecting the region's waters from pollution.
The parties to the Consent Decree have agreed to certain
modifications set forth in the Fifth Amendment to the Decree. The Fifth
Amendment builds upon the previous amendments to the Consent Decree to
provide for the phased implementation of the Defendant's proposed
Regional Wet Water Management Plan (concurrently with an Aquifer
Replenishment Program), and make conforming amendments to monitoring,
assessment, and reporting requirements. It also resolves certain
stipulated penalties and streamlines the termination requirements of
the Consent Decree.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed modifications to the Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Civil
Case No. 2:09-cv-481 D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09125. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of
this notice. Comments may be submitted 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 proposed amendments to 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 proposed amendments 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 $4.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-25861 Filed 11-26-21; 8:45 am]
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