Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water

Act

Notice is hereby given that on February 18, 1999 a proposed Consent

Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Old Capital Valley Cheese,

Inc., Civil Action No. 2:99CV0096J, was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed this

action pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (``SDWA''), 42 U.S.C.

300g, et seq., seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties for the

Defendant's monitoring and reporting violations of the SDWA.

The proposed Consent Decree requires the Defendants to comply with

the SDWA by testing its water supply at regular intervals over the next

three years for certain contaminants. In addition to this injunctive

relief, the proposed Consent Decree will recover a civil penalty of

$9,000.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 v. Old Capital

Valley Cheese, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:99CV0096J, and D.J. Ref. #90-5-

1-1-06066.

The Decree may be examined at the United States Department of

Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field

Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado, 80202

and the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005,

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the 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 enclose a check in

the amount of $4.75 for the Decree (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. 99-6232 Filed 3-2-99; 8:45 am]

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