[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69235-69236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22152]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 29, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Tennessee in the lawsuit entitled United States and the 
State of Tennessee v. Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment 
Authority, Civil Action No. 23-cv-00225.
    The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), and the State of Tennessee filed this lawsuit under 
the Clean Water Act and Tennessee State law. The complaint seeks 
penalties and injunctive relief alleging that the Defendant discharged 
to waters of the United States without an NPDES Permit and violated the 
operations and maintenance conditions of its NPDES permit and, for our 
co-plaintiff State of Tennessee, violated Tennessee state laws. The 
proposed Consent Decree secures injunctive relief at Hamilton County's 
wastewater treatment plant and collection and transmission systems 
primarily focused on eliminating sanitary sewer overflows and bypasses 
at the treatment plant. WWTA must pay a civil penalty of $598,490, 
split evenly between the United States and the State of Tennessee.

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    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 and the State of Tennessee v. Hamilton 
County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-
1-11394. 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 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 $61.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-22152 Filed 10-4-23; 8:45 am]
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