# Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Ocean Dumping Ban Act

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** October 28, 1994

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Ocean Dumping Ban
Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a Second Order Amending the Consent Decree in United
States and the State of New York v. Westchester County, et al.,
(S.D.N.Y.) 89 Civ. 5274 (WK), was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Second Order Amending the Consent Decree resolves claims for
stipulated penalties and enforcement of the original Consent Decree
that was entered into between the United States, the State of New York
and Westchester County, on August 7, 1989, and amended on January 3,
1992. Under the Second Order Amending the Consent Decree, lodged on
October 18, 1994, Westchester County will pay $200,000 in stipulated
penalties, and inter alia, assure beneficial use of 100% of its sludge
product until the year 2015, and improvement of its corrosion reduction
implemented under the Consent Decree and its amendments. The Consent
Decree and its amendments enforce the Ocean Dumping Ban Act, 33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1401 et seq. (``ODBA'').
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed amended 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 and the State of New York v. Westchester County,
et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3501.
The proposed Second Order Amending the Consent Decree may be
examined at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern
District of New York, 100 Church Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY
10007; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26
Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A
copy of the proposed Second Order Amending the Consent Decree may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G.
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26686 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]
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