Notice of Lodging of Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Amendment to 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 Amendment to Consent Decree in United

States v. Citizens Util. Co. of Ill., Civil Action No. 92 C 5132, was

lodged on March 27, 1996, with the United States District Court for the

Northern District of Illinois. The Amendment to Consent Decree modifies

the injunctive relief provisions of a Consent Decree entered by the

Court on March 23, 1995, to permit Citizens' to implement either the

remedial program described in the original decree or an alternative

remedial program set out in the Amendment to Consent Decree. The

purpose of both the original remedial program and the alternative

remedial program is to ensure that Citizens achieves and maintains

compliance with its National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System

(``NPDES'') permit for the West Suburban Treatment Plant No. 1 (``WSB

#1''), a wastewater treatment plant owned and operated by citizens in

Bolingbrook, Illinois. The original remedial program included the

construction of improvements and implementation of operational changes

at WSB #1, primarily to improve the plant's secondary treatment

capacity. The alternative remedial program, if elected by Citizens,

would include connecting WSB #1 to a nearby publicly-owned treatment

plant operated by the Town of Bolingbrook and thereafter eliminating

all direct discharges from WSB #1, except for limited discharges of

excess flow form an equalization lagoon in accordance with terms and

conditions of the NPDES permit for the WSB #1 facility.

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

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addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and

Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20530, and should refer to United States v. Citizens Util. Co. of Ill.,

DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3653.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Judiciary Center Bldg., 555 Fourth St., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20001; at the Environmental Protection Agency Library,

Reference Desk, Room 2904, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460;

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 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 $3.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Dated: April 2, 1996.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 96-8193 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]

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