[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25344]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on September 9, 1999, a proposed
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States and State of Hawaii v.
County of Maui, Civil No. 98-00622 SOM, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Hawaii. The United States
filed this action pursuant to the Clean Water Act for unauthorized
spills of sewage.
Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, the County will pay a
civil penalty of $300,000, implement injunctive relief designed to
prevent future spills of sewage, and perform a supplemental
environmental project to increase the availability of reclaimed water
for use by a specific area of Maui.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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
Hawaii v. County of Maui, City No. CV 98-00622 SOM, and D.J. Ref. # 90-
5-1-1-1270A.
The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for
the District of Hawaii, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard,
Suite 6100, Honolulu, Hawaii; and at U.S. EPA Region IX, Office of
Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A
copy of the Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of
Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.50 for
the Decree (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. 99-25344 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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