[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20149]
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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 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent Decree in United States v. City of
Cushman, Arkansas, Civil Action No. B-C-94-40, was lodged on August 3,
1995 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
The United States field a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300-3(b)
and (g) and the Drinking Water Regulations at 40 CFR Part 141 alleging
that the City of Cushman violated provision of the Act and Regulations
and seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties. Subsequently, the
United States and the City of Cushman, Arkansas reached a settlement
which resolves the issues set forth in the Complaint. The settlement
includes the payment of $15,000 in civil penalties by the City of
Cushman and the construction of a new water 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. City of Cushman, Arkansas, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3955.
The proposed Consent Decree can be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 425 W.
Capitol, Suite 500, Little Rock, Arkansas, the Region VI Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202;
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-20149 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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