[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 81 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10183]
[Federal Register: April 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree United States v. City of Tacoma,
Washington
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. City of Tacoma,
Washington, Civil Action No. C94-5193 was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Western District of Washington on April 11,
1994. This action was brought under Section 309 (b) and (d) of the
Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d).
The proposed Consent Decree is designed to bring Tacoma's North End
Wastewater Treatment Plant (North End Plant) into compliance with the
technology-based secondary treatment standards mandated by section
301(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Water Act and by 40 CFR part 133. In
addition, Tacoma will pay a civil penalty of $550,000, half to the
United States and half to the State of Washington Department of
Environmental Quality, which assisted EPA in bringing this enforcement
action.
For thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice,
the Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to the
Amended Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530 and should refer to United
States v. City of Tacoma, Washington, DOJ. No. 90-5-1-1-3908.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Offices of the United
States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 3600 Seafirst
Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, at the
Region 10 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone
number (202) 624-0892).
A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Environmental Enforcement Section Document Center. The
proposed Amended Partial Consent Decree consists of a thirty-two page
consent decree and two pages of appendices. A request for a copy of the
proposed Consent Decree with appendices should be accompanied by a
check in the amount $8.50 (25 cents per page per reproduction charge)
made payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-10183 Filed 4-26-94; 8:45 am]
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