[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54066-54067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14287]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act

    On June 24, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District

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Court for the Southern District of New York in the lawsuit entitled 
United States v. Westchester Joint Water Works, et al., Civil Action 
No. 24 Civ. 4783.
    The United States filed this lawsuit seeking injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act against 
defendants Westchester Joint Water Works, the Town/Village of Harrison, 
the Village of Mamaroneck, and the Town of Mamaroneck, for violations 
of the maximum contaminant level set by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') for certain disinfectant byproducts in 
drinking water, and violations of a related EPA administrative order 
requiring the construction of a water filtration plant by specified 
deadlines.
    The consent decree requires the defendants to build and commence 
operation of a drinking water filtration plant by July 1, 2029; to 
continue to implement measures to ensure the safety of its water supply 
until the filtration plant is operational; to pay a $600,000 civil 
penalty to the United States; and to spend at least $900,000 on a 
Supplemental Environmental Project to improve source water quality. The 
consent decree also resolves claims by the State of New York to enforce 
a previous state court judgment against Westchester Joint Water Works 
for violating separate regulations requiring the implementation of 
filtration. In addition to the construction of the filtration plant, 
the consent decree requires defendants to pay a $650,000 civil penalty 
to New York and to spend at least $6,800,000 on two state water quality 
benefit projects.
    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 v. Westchester Joint Water Works, et al., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-12441. 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, D.C. 20044-7611
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    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States 
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the 
commenter.
    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance 
accessing the consent decree, you may request assistance by email or by 
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-14287 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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