Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean 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

Port St. Joe, Florida, et al., Civil Action No. 92-50227-LAC, was

lodged on July 8, 1994, with the United States District Court for the

Northern District of Florida. The Complaint in this civil action

alleged that the City of Port St. Joe, Florida, violated effluent

limits and other terms and conditions of its NPDES permit for its

municipal wastewater treatment plant. The Complaint also alleged that

the St. Joe Forest Products Company committed violations of the pass

through and interference regulations promulgated under the Clean Water

Act by excessive discharges of pollutants and contaminants from its

paper mill to the City's wastewater treatment plant. Under the proposed

Consent Decree, the Company will pay a civil penalty of $325,000 in

settlement of the United States' claims, and the City will pay a civil

penalty of $25,000.

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,

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to

United States v. City of Port St. Joe, Florida, et al., DOJ. Ref. 90-5-

1-1-3026.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Northern District of Florida, 114 East Gregory

Street, Pensacola, Florida; the Region 4 Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30365;

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th 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., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-17722 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]

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