Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR

50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 23, 1995, a proposed

consent decree in United States v. Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois,

Civil Action No. 92 C 5132 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The

proposed decree resolves the United States' claims again the defendant

under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., with respect to

violations of Citizens' National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(``NPDES'') permit at its West Surburban Treatment Plant #1 (``WSB

#1'') in Bolingbrook, Will County, Illinois. Under the proposed decree,

Citizens agrees to construct improvements and implement operational

changes at WSB #1 to achieve and maintain compliance with its NPDES

permit limits and to pay $490,000 to resolve the claims for civil

penalties under the Act.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, P.O. Box

7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois, Civil Action No.

92 C 5132 (N.D. Ill.) and D.J. reference no. 90-5-1-1-3653.

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

United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley

Dirksen Bldg., 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604; at

the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Copies 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, (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies, please enclose a check

in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 95-3050 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]

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