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 and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on October 3, 1995, a partial consent decree in

United States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018 was

lodged with the United States District Court for the District of South

Dakota.

This partial consent decree settles certain injunctive relief

claims brought pursuant to section 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water

Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d). Under the terms of the

partial consent decree, the City of Watertown must properly operate,

staff and maintain its water treatment facility, promptly implement and

enforce an Industrial Pretreatment Program, cease all unpermitted

discharges, and enter into a compliance schedule that requires full

compliance with all National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

(``NPDES'') permit limits by December 31, 1997. This partial consent

decree does not settle the civil penalty portion of this action.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed partial consent decree for a period of thirty days from the

date of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018, Ref. No.

90-5-1-1-5087. The proposed partial consent decree may be examined at

the Office of the United States Attorney, District of South Dakota,

Shriver Square, 230 South Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

57102. Copies of the partial consent decree may also be examined and

obtained by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII 999 18th Street, Suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. When requesting a copy by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (twenty-five 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. 95-26022 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]

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