[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 20022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10621]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. The
Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No. 2:93 CV 225 JM,
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana on March 24, 1997. This proposed consent decree
would resolve the United States' civil claims against the Town of
Griffith, Indiana under the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1251 et seq. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree,
Griffith will pay a civil penalty of $132,000--to be divided between
the United States ($79,200) and the State of Indiana ($52,800)--and
perform injunctive relief.
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. The Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No.
2:93 CV 225 JM, and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-
3308A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at Office of the United
States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1001 Main Street, Suite
A; Dyer, IN 46311; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10621 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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