[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 110 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13953]
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[Federal Register: June 9, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Delaware Regional Water Quality Control
Authority, Civil Action No. 91-2787, was lodged on May 24, 1994 with
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.
The Consent Decree concerns violations of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (also known as the ``Clean Water Act''), 33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S.
Sec. 691.2 et seq., at the defendant's publicly-owned municipal and
residential wastewater treatment plant located in Chester,
Pennsylvania.
The complaint in this action alleged that, from 1986-91, the
defendant discharged pollutants into the Delaware River in excess of
several of the effluent limitations established in its National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination system (``NPDES'') permit; discharged,
on several occasions, untreated wastewater into tributaries of the
Delaware River; failed to operate all of its facilities and equipment
as required by its permit; and failed to comply with certain sampling
and reporting requirements of its permit. The proposed Consent Decree
requires defendant to comply fully with all terms and conditions of its
NPDES permit, to construct and operate an additional secondary
clarifier at its plant by May 1, 1997, and to pay a civil penalty of
$350,000, plus interest that has accrued on that sum since May 1992.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Delaware Regional
Water Quality Control Authority (E.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3445.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, suite 1300, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19107; 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 $6.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-13953 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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