81 FR 6049 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 23 (February 4, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6049-6050]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02068]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial Consent Decree Under the 
Clean Water Act

    On January 28, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Partial Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Mississippi in the lawsuit entitled United States 
and the State of Mississippi v. City of Greenville, Mississippi, Civil 
Action No. 4:16-cv-00018-DMB-JMV.
    The United States and the State of Mississippi filed this lawsuit 
under the Clean Water Act and the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution 
Control Law. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties 
for violations in connection with the City's sanitary sewer system. The 
City has grouped mini-systems within the sewer system into three 
different groups and prioritized Sewer Group 1 and Sewer Group 2 for 
sewer assessment and rehabilitation work. The Partial Consent Decree 
provides for the City to conduct early action projects; capacity, 
management, operations, and maintenance program; and assessment and 
rehabilitation of Sewer Groups 1 and 2. The partial settlement will not 
resolve the claims for civil penalties or for injunctive relief related 
to Sewer Group 3, as those will be the topics of future negotiation 
among the parties.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and the State of Mississippi v. City 
of Greenville, Mississippi, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10932. All comments 
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication 
date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by 
mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Partial Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Partial Consent Decree upon written

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request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and 
payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $60.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the appendices, the cost is $14.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-02068 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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