[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39875-39876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19432]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking
Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on June 23, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. Town of Cheshire, Civil No. 97cv30141-MAP (D. Mass.), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts resolving the matter. The proposed Consent Decree
concerns violations by the Town of Cheshire, Massachusetts, of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f, et seq., the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations, 40 CFR Part 141, and the provisions of the
EPA Administrative Order issued to the Town on September 30, 1994. The
violations alleged in the complaint include the failure by the Town to
install filtration treatment (or to switch to use of a groundwater
source not under the direct influence of surface water) within 18
months, i.e., by June 29, 1993, as required by the Surface Water
Treatment Rule (the ``SWTR''), Section 1412(b)(7), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300g-
1(b)(7), and 40 CFR Sec. 141.70-141.75; the failure to comply with the
turbidity requirements of the SWTR, 40 CFR Sec. 141.71(c)(2); the
failure to comply with monitoring and reporting requirements at 40 CFR
Secs. 141.74, 141.75, and the failure to comply with public
notification requirements at 40 CFR Secs. 141.32(a)(1) (i) and (ii) and
141.31(d).
Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a
total civil penalty of $18,500 for its past violations. In addition,
the Consent Decree requires the Town to design and construct a new
gravel-packed well to supply drinking water to the users of its public
system and to comply with all applicable federal and state drinking
water laws and regulations in accordance with an expeditious schedule.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Town of Cheshire, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4361.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston,
Massachusetts.
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Copies of the Consent Decree may be examined at the Environmental
Enforcement Section Document Center, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent
Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Document Center.
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $17.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for
the Consent Decree excluding Appendices) made payable to Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-19432 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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