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 and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on November 14, 1996, a consent decree in United

States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018 was lodged

with the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

This consent decree settles claims for civil penalties brought

pursuant to

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section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (the ``Act''), 33 U.S.C.

Sec. 1319 (b) and (d). Under the terms of the consent decree, the City

of Watertown will pay a civil penalty of $550,000. The United States'

claims for injunctive relief were resolved pursuant to a prior consent

decree, entered by the Court on December 1, 1995.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. City of Watertown et al., Civil Action No. 95-1018,

Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-5087. The proposed consent decree may be examined at

the office of the United States Attorney, District of South Dakota,

Shriver Square, 230 South Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

57102. Copies of the consent decree may also be examined and obtained

by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII 999 18th Street, Suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. When requesting a copy by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (twenty-five 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. 96-30892 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]

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