[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19008]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 9, 1999, a
proposed Consent Decree in United States and the State of Ohio v. City
of Port Clinton, Civil Action Nos. 3:99CV7434 and 3:99CV7435, was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Ohio, Western Division.
In these consolidated actions, the United States and the State of
Ohio sought injunctive relief and penalties against the City of Port
Clinton (``Port Clinton'') for claims arising in connection with Port
Clinton's wastewater treatment plant in Port Clinton, Ohio, under the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Under the Consent Decree, Port
Clinton will engage in short-term compliance measures that include
inspecting and sampling a primary bypass outfall during periods of
operation, sampling at a public beach, and permanently improving or
closing all combined sewer overflow stations. Port Clinton's long-term
compliance measures include submitting plans and construction schedules
to eliminate primary bypassing, to disinfect and dechlorinate all
secondary bypasses, and to assure that effluent limitations will
continue to be met. Port Clinton also must submits a plan to study the
feasibility of eliminating secondary bypassing. Port Clinton will pay a
civil penalty of $60,000, one-half of which will be paid to the United
States,and the other half of which will be paid to Ohio.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. 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
State of Ohio v. City of Port Clinton, D.J. No. 90-5-1-1-4501.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Four Seagate, Suite 308, Toledo, Ohio, 43604-2624, at
the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590, and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
20005. A copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the above-
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $24.50 (25 cents
per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19008 Filed 7-23-99; 8:45 am]
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