Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Denver Water Board, Civil Action No. 99-S-1156, was lodged on

June 15, 1999 with the United States District Court for the District of

Colorado. The United States filed this action pursuant to the Clean

Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to obtain

civil penalties and an injunction to address the illegal disposal of

hazardous wastes and discharges to the South Platte River. The Consent

Decree requires the Board to pay a penalty of $48,000, and to implement

supplemental environmental projects including the construction of a new

paint shop that will reduce the amount of hazard wastes being produced,

construction of a new car wash that will reduce the amount of water and

detergent being used, construction of a waste storage and training

area, and the re-vegetation of certain banks of the South Platte River.

In addition, the Consent Decree requires the Board to comply with the

Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by, among

other things, taking steps to characterize its wastes and post required

information in hazardous waste storage areas.

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. Denver Water Board, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4492.

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

United States Attorney, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado

80294; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,

999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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, 3rd

Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) for each decree, payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross

Chief, Environmental Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 99-18088 Filed 7-16-99; 8:45 am]

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