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

Pursuant to 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a Consent

Decree in United States and the State of Montana v. City of Billings,

Civil Action No. CV 94-168-BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), entered into by the

United States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection

Agency, the State of Montana on behalf of the Department of

Environmental Quality, and the City of Billings (``the City''), was

lodged on May 29, 1996 with the United States District Court for the

District of Montana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the

United States against the City under Section 301(a) of the Clean Water

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and of the State of Montana against the City

under Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 75-5-631, relating to the bypass of

secondary treatment facilities at the City's wastewater treatment plant

in June, 1993. The Consent Decree provides for the payment of a total

of $74,600 in civil penalty amounts to the United States and the State

of Montana, and the performance of three Supplemental Environmental

Projects at a cost to the City of no less than $543,600.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this

Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States and

the State of Montana v. City of Billings, Civil Action No. CV 94-168-

BLG-RWA (D. Mont.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4143. The proposed Consent

Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for

the District of Montana, Suite 400, 2929 Third Avenue North, Billings,

Montana 59103, at the Montana Operations Office of U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Region VIII, 301 S. Park, Helena, Montana 59626-0096,

and the Office of the United States Department of Justice, Environment

and Natural Resources Division, 999 18th Street, Suite 945N, Denver, CO

80209. Copies can also 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 $8.25, payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-17493 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]

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