[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25706]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Puerto Rico
Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Civil Action No. 92-1511 (SEC), was
lodged on September 28th, 1995 with the United States District Court
for the District of Puerto Rico. Defendant Puerto Rico Aqueduct and
Sewer Authority (``PRASA'') is the owner and operator of water
filtration plants throughout Puerto Rico. In operating nine of these
facilities, (La Plata Aibonito, Aguas Buenas, El Yunque, Guaynabo,
Enrique Ortega, Ponce Nueva, Lajas, Sergio Cuevas, and Miradero), PRASA
violated its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(``NPDES'') permits issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
Under the terms of the proposed decree, PRASA will pay the United
States a civil penalty in the sum of $200,000. PRASA further agrees to
construct necessary sludge facilities to achieve compliance for eight
of its plants. In addition, PRASA will increase its credit line by $25
million to be used solely for similar capital improvements at 74 other
water treatment plants throughout Puerto Rico. PRASA also agrees to
remain in compliance with the Clean Air Act and is subject to
stipulated penalties for any such violation.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, D.J. reference #90-
5-2-1-1-3696.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Federal Office
Building, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; the Region
II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway Avenue,
New York, New York; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC.
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-25706 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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