Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.

19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States and State of New York v. Onondaga County, Civil Action Number 91

Civ. 477 (HGM), was lodged with the United States District Court for

the Northern District of New York on June 9, 1999.

In this action, the United States and State sought injunctive

relief and penalties from defendants, Onondaga County, New York and the

Commissioner of Onondaga County Department of Drainage and Sanitation,

for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the

County's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``SPDES'')

permits. Under the Consent Decree, the County is required to conduct a

broad EPA approved pre-treatment compliance program and must fully

implement and enforce the provisions of the Pretreatment Program in

SPDES permits. The County must also pay a penalty of $624,000 and

perform a nonpoint source Supplemental Environmental Project to reduce

pollutants into the Onondaga Lake drainage area valued at $750,000.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, written 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 and State of New York v. Onondaga County, D.J.

Ref. 90-5-1-1-3597.

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

United States Attorney, Northern District of New Jersey, 100 South

Clinton Street, 9th Floor, Syracuse, New York, at U.S. EPA, Region II,

290 Broadway, New York, New York (contact Diane Gomes at (212) 637-

3235), and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent Decree may

be obtained in person of by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of $14.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 99-16110 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]

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