[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 112 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10680]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 6, 2025, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree Amendment with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. 
v. City of Youngstown, Ohio, Case No. 4:98-CV-2438.
    The proposed Amendment modifies the Clean Water Act Consent Decree 
originally entered in this case in 2002, including the Long-Term 
Control Plan (``LTCP'') developed by the City and approved by U.S. EPA 
and the State of Ohio in 2015. The Consent Decree and LTCP resolved 
violations of the Clean Water Act (``CWA'') related to ongoing releases 
of sewage and stormwater from the City of Youngstown's combined sewer 
system. This Amendment modifies the Consent Decree and LTCP by: (1) 
replacing the LTCP requirement to complete the ``Wet Weather Facility 
Project'' with the requirement to complete the ``CSO 6057 Control 
Measure Project;'' which is a proposed 80 million gallon per day 
(``MGD'') high-rate treatment facility adopting cloth-disk filter media 
technology for high-rate treatment of wet weather flows; and (2) 
replacing Chapter 5 of the LTCP with a superseding Chapter 5, including 
a Revised Implementation Schedule. The Revised Implementation Schedule 
requires Youngstown to complete the ``West-Division Interceptor Sewer 
Replacement'' to reduce combined sewer overflows. It also modifies the 
implementation schedule for Phase 1 of the LTCP by, among other things, 
establishing deadlines for the CSO 6057 Control Measure Project, 
compressing and accelerating the schedule for the ``Mill Creek 
Project,'' and moving up deadlines for completing the reports for 
submitting potential projects to be considered as part of the LTCP's 
Phase 2.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree Amendment. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, and should refer to United States et al. v. City of 
Youngstown, Ohio, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4383. 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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    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed in whole or in part 
on the public court docket without notice to the commenter.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree 
Amendment may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require 
assistance accessing the proposed Consent Decree Amendment, you may 
request assistance by email or by mail to the addresses provided above 
for submitting comments.

Laura Thoms,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-10680 Filed 6-11-25; 8:45 am]
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