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 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.

District of Columbia, Civil Action Nos. 84-2842 and 90-1643, was lodged

on January 24, 1995 with the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia. The Consent Decree settles two actions brought

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

seeking injunctions and civil penalties for the District's violations

of the Act, its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit

for operation of the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant, and an earlier

consent decree covering the Blue Plains plant. Pursuant to the Consent

Decree, defendant has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $500,000, to

test and implement an experimental technology for reducing nitrogen

discharges harmful to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay, and to

undertake additional actions to improve operation of the 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. District of Columbia, DOJ Refs. #90-5-1-1-3598 and

#90-5-1-1-2181A.

The proposed consent decree may be examined 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 $55.00 (25

[[Page 7584]] 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. 95-3051 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]

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