[Federal Register: August 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 161)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on August 17, 2009, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. City Of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Civil
Action No. 1:09-cv-283, 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) and wastewater
treatment facility, 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 control discharges from the CSO outfalls, propose a
schedule for construction of a secondary wastewater treatment facility
for approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and
upon inclusion of the schedule in the Consent Decree, comply with the
construction schedule.
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 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
09308.
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 $18.75 (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. E9-20067 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]
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