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 July 9, 1999, a

proposed Consent Decree in United States and the State of Ohio v. City

of Port Clinton, Civil Action Nos. 3:99CV7434 and 3:99CV7435, was

lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District

of Ohio, Western Division.

In these consolidated actions, the United States and the State of

Ohio sought injunctive relief and penalties against the City of Port

Clinton (``Port Clinton'') for claims arising in connection with Port

Clinton's wastewater treatment plant in Port Clinton, Ohio, under the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Under the Consent Decree, Port

Clinton will engage in short-term compliance measures that include

inspecting and sampling a primary bypass outfall during periods of

operation, sampling at a public beach, and permanently improving or

closing all combined sewer overflow stations. Port Clinton's long-term

compliance measures include submitting plans and construction schedules

to eliminate primary bypassing, to disinfect and dechlorinate all

secondary bypasses, and to assure that effluent limitations will

continue to be met. Port Clinton also must submits a plan to study the

feasibility of eliminating secondary bypassing. Port Clinton will pay a

civil penalty of $60,000, one-half of which will be paid to the United

States,and the other half of which will be paid to Ohio.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States and

State of Ohio v. City of Port Clinton, D.J. No. 90-5-1-1-4501.

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

States Attorney, Four Seagate, Suite 308, Toledo, Ohio, 43604-2624, at

the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection

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

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

20005. A copy of the 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 above-

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $24.50 (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. 99-19008 Filed 7-23-99; 8:45 am]

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