[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19204]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States of
America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Borough of Schuylkill
Haven and Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority, Civil Action No. 97-
4815 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged with the court on June 18, 1999.
The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States and the
Commonwealth against defendants Borough of Schuylkill Haven and
Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority for violations of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The decree requires defendants (1) to pay a
civil penalty of $60,000, half to the United States and half to the
Commonwealth, and (2) to achieve and maintain compliance with the
effluent limits in the discharge permit for the Schuylkill Haven sewage
treatment plant.
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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Borough of
Schuylkill Haven and Schuylkill Haven Municipal Authority, Civil Action
No. 97-4815 (E.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3721A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd 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., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental and Natural Resources Division,
Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 99-19204 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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