Notice of Lodging of Stipulations Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Stipulations Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that proposed stipulations in United States v. City of

Brook Park, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1727, United States v. City of

Middleburg Heights, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1722, United States v. City

of Berea, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1726, and United States v. City of

Strongsville, Civil Action No. 1:91CV1725 were lodged on September 28,

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

Ohio. The stipulations settle actions brought concurrently under the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., (the ``Act'') to address the

defendants' violations of the pollutant discharge limits set forth in

the defendant cities' respective permits issued pursuant to Section

1342 of the Act. Each of the defendant cities is a suburb of Cleveland,

Ohio, and located within the Rocky River Basin, which drains into Lake

Erie. Since the complaints were filed on August 30, 1991, each of the

defendant cities has ceased discharging their municipal wastewaters

into navigable waterways of the United States by directing those

wastewaters to a regional wastewater treatment plant owned and operated

by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Accordingly, the

defendants are in compliance with the pollutant discharge limits of

their respective permits. Each stipulation requires the defendants in

that case to pay a civil penalty of $10,000.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed stipulations. 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 Brook Park, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3776; United

States v. City of

Middleburg Heights, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3775; United States v. City

of Berea, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3731; and United States v. City of

Strongsville DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-3729.

The proposed stipulations may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue East,

Cleveland, Ohio; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005,

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed stipulations 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 $3.50 (25

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-25708 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]

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