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 Stipulated Final Order for Injunctive

Relief (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. City of San Diego, et

al., Civil Action No. 88-1101-B, was lodged on December 13, 1996, with

the United States District Court for the Southern District of

California. The United States brought a complaint under the Clean Water

Act (the ``Act''), as amended, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq., against

the City of San Diego (the ``City'') and against the statutory

defendant the State of California for violations of the Act in

connection with the City's wastewater treatment system.

The proposed consent decree requires the City to implement a number

of long-term and short-term remedial measures designed to ensure

compliance with the Act on a permanent, consistent basis. These

measures include, inter alia, programs to replace concrete sewer mains

in the City's sewer collection system and to conduct a comprehensive

audit of all pump stations and force mains to augment existing records

to provide a basis for future planning efforts.

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

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San Diego, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-2987.

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

United States Attorney, Southern District of California, 880 Front

Street, San Diego, California 92101; at the Region IX Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105; 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 $4.75 (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. 96-32824 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]

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