[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 27, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. City of Lebanon, New Hampshire, Civil Action 
No. 1:09-CV-180, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of New Hampshire.
    In this action, the United States seeks, inter alia, injunctive 
relief in relation to discharges by the City of Lebanon, New Hampshire 
(City) from its combined sewer overflows (CSOs), in violation of the 
City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued 
under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. The Consent Decree 
requires the City, among other things, to eliminate discharges from all 
CSO outfalls by December 31, 2020; achieve specific sewer separation 
projects on a definitive schedule; eliminate illicit discharges; and 
submit and implement a monitoring, maintenance and corrective action 
plan.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Lebanon, New Hampshire, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
09227.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 53 Pleasant Street, 
Concord, NH, and at U.S. EPA Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Boston, MA. 
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to http://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $100.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs of Consent Decree and Appendices) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-12730 Filed 6-1-09; 8:45 am]

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