[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-17722]
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[Federal Register: July 21, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of
Port St. Joe, Florida, et al., Civil Action No. 92-50227-LAC, was
lodged on July 8, 1994, with the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Florida. The Complaint in this civil action
alleged that the City of Port St. Joe, Florida, violated effluent
limits and other terms and conditions of its NPDES permit for its
municipal wastewater treatment plant. The Complaint also alleged that
the St. Joe Forest Products Company committed violations of the pass
through and interference regulations promulgated under the Clean Water
Act by excessive discharges of pollutants and contaminants from its
paper mill to the City's wastewater treatment plant. Under the proposed
Consent Decree, the Company will pay a civil penalty of $325,000 in
settlement of the United States' claims, and the City will pay a civil
penalty of $25,000.
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,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. City of Port St. Joe, Florida, et al., DOJ. Ref. 90-5-
1-1-3026.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Northern District of Florida, 114 East Gregory
Street, Pensacola, Florida; the Region 4 Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30365;
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 $3.25 (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. 94-17722 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]
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