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 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. The

Sanitary District of Hammond, et al., Civil Action No. 2:93 CV 225 JM,

was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern

District of Indiana on March 24, 1997. This proposed consent decree

would resolve the United States' civil claims against the Town of

Griffith, Indiana under the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.

Sec. 1251 et seq. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree,

Griffith will pay a civil penalty of $132,000--to be divided between

the United States ($79,200) and the State of Indiana ($52,800)--and

perform injunctive relief.

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. The 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 Office of the United

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

A; Dyer, IN 46311; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590; and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 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 $7.50 (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. 97-10621 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]

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