82 FR 10402 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 27 (February 10, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10402-10403]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02741]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On February 3, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Indiana, Hammond Division, in the lawsuit entitled United 
States and the State of Indiana v. Sanitary District of

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Hammond (N.D. Ind.), Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-00048.
    The United States and the State of Indiana filed this lawsuit 
against the Sanitary District of Hammond (``Defendant'') under the 
Clean Water Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for violations of Defendant's National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System permit and for failing to completely and timely 
respond to an information request issued to the Defendant by the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency.
    The consent decree requires the Defendant to perform injunctive 
relief, including developing and implementing a long term control plan 
to reduce or eliminate discharges of untreated sewage through permitted 
combined sewer overflow outfalls located in Defendant's wastewater 
conveyance and treatment system. The Defendant will pay civil penalties 
of $225,000 to the United States and $22,500 to the State, and will 
perform a State-only Supplemental Environmental Project. The Defendant 
will pay stipulated penalties of $313,500 to the United States to 
resolve the Defendant's alleged violations of a separate consent decree 
that the parties entered into in 1999. The Defendant will also install 
and operate a disinfection system on its existing combined sewer 
overflow storage basin.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the 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 Indiana v. Sanitary 
District of Hammond, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3308/2. 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 U.S. 
mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By U.S. 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 consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent decree upon written 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.
    For a paper copy of the entire Consent Decree with appendices (160 
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost), please enclose a check 
or money order for $40.00 made payable to the United States Treasury. 
For a paper copy without the appendices and signature pages, the cost 
is $15.75.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-02741 Filed 2-9-17; 8:45 am]
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