# Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** July 13, 1998
- **Citation:** 63 FR 37589

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. City of
Weirton, et al., C.A. No. 5:96-CV-21, was lodged on June 26, 1998, with
the United States District Court for the Northern District of West
Virginia. The consent decree resolves the United States' claims for
civil penalties and injunctive relief, pursuant to the Clean Water Act,
33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251 et seq. Under the consent decree, the City of
Weirton will construct and operate a wastewater treatment facility to
come into compliance with the Clean Water Act and its National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. The City of Weirton will
also pay a civil penalty of $150,000 to the United States and the State
of West Virginia.
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 Weirton, et al., DOJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-
4265.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 1100 Main Street, Suite 200, Wheeling, West
Virginia 26003; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 840 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 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 $7.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-18475 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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