[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26107]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States and
State of Maryland v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Civil Action
No. 97-4185 (D. Md) was lodged with the court on September 29, 1999.
The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States and State
of Maryland against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore under
section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (the ``Act'' or ``CWA''),
33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), for violations of National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permits issued to the City of
Baltimore's Ashburton Water Filtration Plant and Patapsco Wastewater
Treatment Plant. In the decree, Baltimore agrees to pay a total civil
penalty of $1 million, perform Supplemental Environmental Projects
valued at $2.5 million, and implement necessary injunctive relief at
both plants.
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 and State of Maryland v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
Civil Action No. 97-4185 (D. Md.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4402.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of United
States Attorney, District of Maryland, United States Courthouse, 101
West Lombard Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, (410) 209-4800. A
copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington,
DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $19.50 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs, excluding attachments), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26107 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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