Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To the 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. Borough

of Schuylkill, et al., Civil Action No. 91-5740, was lodged on Sept. 1,

1994 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree settles an action brought under the

Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251, et seq., seeking an

injunction and civil penalties for defendants' violations of The Act

and the defendants' National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

permit for operation of the schuylkill Haven sewage treatment plant.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, defendants have agreed to pay a civil

penalty of $15,000 and to undertake construction of additional

treatment facilities that will bring the plant into compliance with the

Act and the permit by June 1, 1995.

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 v. Borough of Schuylbill Haven, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3721.

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

United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Twelfth Floor, PA 19106;

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 personor 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 $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Acting Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environmental and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-23408 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]

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