Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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. City of

Titusville, Florida, and State of Florida (M.D. Fla.), Civil Action No.

95-9-CIV-ORL-18, was lodged on January 4, 1995 with the United States

District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The consent decree

settles a civil judicial enforcement action brought under Section 309

of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, for the City of Titusville's

operation of a publicly owned sanitary sewage collection system and two

associated treatment plants in violation of National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System permits and in violation of section 301(a)

of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311(a). Under the Consent

Decree, the City of Titusville will construct a new Advanced Wastewater

Treatment Plant and an associated wetlands treatment system, modify its

existing treatment plants to eliminate discharges of wastewater into

the Indian River, and pay a civil penalty of $600,000.

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

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

proposed 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 Titusville, Florida, and State of Florida, DOJ

Ref. #90-5-1-1-3979.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Middle District of Florida, 80 North Hughey

Avenue, 201 Federal Building, Orlando Florida 32801; 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 consent decree 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

$10.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-779 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]

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