[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17493]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Pursuant to 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a Consent
Decree in United States and the State of Montana v. City of Billings,
Civil Action No. CV 94-168-BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), entered into by the
United States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, the State of Montana on behalf of the Department of
Environmental Quality, and the City of Billings (``the City''), was
lodged on May 29, 1996 with the United States District Court for the
District of Montana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the
United States against the City under Section 301(a) of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and of the State of Montana against the City
under Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 75-5-631, relating to the bypass of
secondary treatment facilities at the City's wastewater treatment plant
in June, 1993. The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a total
of $74,600 in civil penalty amounts to the United States and the State
of Montana, and the performance of three Supplemental Environmental
Projects at a cost to the City of no less than $543,600.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this
Notice. 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 and
the State of Montana v. City of Billings, Civil Action No. CV 94-168-
BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4143. The proposed Consent
Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for
the District of Montana, Suite 400, 2929 Third Avenue North, Billings,
Montana 59103, at the Montana Operations Office of U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region VIII, 301 S. Park, Helena, Montana 59626-0096,
and the Office of the United States Department of Justice, Environment
and Natural Resources Division, 999 18th Street, Suite 945N, Denver, CO
80209. Copies can also 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 $8.25, payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-17493 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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