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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that a proposed modified consent decree in United

States v. City of Brodhead, Kentucky and Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Civil Action No. 88-331, was lodged on December 16, 1994, with the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky,

(London Division).

The proposed modified consent decree resolves the United States'

civil claims against the City of Brodhead (``City'') and the

Commonwealth of Kentucky for violations of the City's National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') Permit, the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq. and the consent decree

originally entered in this case on January 31, 1989. The proposed

modified consent decree requires that the City pay the United States

$5,000 in stipulated penalties for its violations of the original

consent decree. The proposed modified decree also requires the City to

perform additional construction and rehabilitation of its existing

wastewater 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 modified 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. City of Brodhead, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, DOJ

Ref. #90-5-1-1-3205A.

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

United States Attorney, 110 W. Vine Street, Suite 400, Lexington,

Kentucky 40507; the Region IV 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 $6.00 (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. 95-187 Filed 1-4-95; 8:45 am]

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