Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking

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

Cushman, Arkansas, Civil Action No. B-C-94-40, was lodged on August 3,

1995 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Arkansas.

The United States field a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300-3(b)

and (g) and the Drinking Water Regulations at 40 CFR Part 141 alleging

that the City of Cushman violated provision of the Act and Regulations

and seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties. Subsequently, the

United States and the City of Cushman, Arkansas reached a settlement

which resolves the issues set forth in the Complaint. The settlement

includes the payment of $15,000 in civil penalties by the City of

Cushman and the construction of a new water 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 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 v. City of Cushman, Arkansas, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3955.

The proposed Consent Decree can be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 425 W.

Capitol, Suite 500, Little Rock, Arkansas, the Region VI Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202;

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree

may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-20149 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]

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