[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28154]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on October 21, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County Commission
and the State of Alabama, Case No. 93-G-2492-S was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The
consent decree provides for extensive rehabilitation to the entire
Jefferson County wastewater collection system and the County's ten
wastewater treatment facilities. The consent decree also provides for
the recovery of a $750,000 civil penalty against Jefferson County,
Alabama and the Jefferson County Commission (hereinafter ``the
County'') under Section 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''
or ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d).
In addition, the consent decree requires the County to perform a
Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') valued at $30 million. The
SEP involves the acquisition of riparian properties or ``Greenways''
for the purpose of reducing or eliminating non-point source pollution
into the Cahaba and Black Warrior River systems in Jefferson County and
generally enhancing the water quality of those river systems. A
secondary benefit of the SEP shall be to protect, restore, and enhance
aquatic and stream corridor habitats of the river systems.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County Commission and
the State of Alabama, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4195.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert S.
Vance Federal Building and Courthouse, 1800 5th Avenue, North, Room
200, Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2198 and at Region 4, Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, SW., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303, 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 20005. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $34.25 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28154 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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