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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that a proposed consent decree settling claims brought

by the United States and the State of Indiana against Defendant

American Chemical Service, Inc. in United States v. Sanitary District

of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No.

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2:93 CV 225 JM, was lodged on April 25, 1996 with the United States

District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The proposed

consent decree resolves claims against American Chemical Service, Inc.

for penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to Section 309 of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1319, in connection with wastewater

discharges from the American Chemical Service facility in Griffith,

Indiana to publicly owned sewers. The proposed consent decree requires

American Chemical Service to pay a civil penalty of $59,500 to the

United States and $25,500 to the State. In addition, the decree

requires American Chemical Service to undertake actions that will bring

it into compliance with the effluent limit for toluene prescribed in

the industrial discharge permit issued to it by the Hammond Sanitary

District.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No. 2:93

CV 225 JM, and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-3308A.

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

United States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1001 Main Street,

Suite A, Dyer, Indiana, 46311; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-

3590; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NE., 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 $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-12774 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]

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