Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 19,

1998, a

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proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Borough of Pottstown,

Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 94-3090 was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil

penalties for the Borough of Pottstown's (``Pottstown'') discharges of

effluent from its wastewater treatment plant in excess of limits set

forth in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

Pottstown's wastewater treatment plant discharges into the Schuylkill

River. Since filing the complaint in this action in June 1994,

Pottstown brought its plant into compliance with its permit, making

injunctive relief unnecessary. Under the proposed Consent Decree,

Pottstown will pay a civil penalty of $16,500. It will also spend

$58,000 to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project, which consists

of monitoring the Schuylkill River watershed to determine the sources

of contamination to the river and to determine the impacts of this

contamination on drinking water supplies and on future recreational

uses of the river.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

United States v. Borough of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-

1-2487B.

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

United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19106, at U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 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 enclose a check in

the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-5793 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]

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