Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18088]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Denver Water Board, Civil Action No. 99-S-1156, was lodged on 
June 15, 1999 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Colorado. The United States filed this action pursuant to the Clean 
Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to obtain 
civil penalties and an injunction to address the illegal disposal of 
hazardous wastes and discharges to the South Platte River. The Consent 
Decree requires the Board to pay a penalty of $48,000, and to implement 
supplemental environmental projects including the construction of a new 
paint shop that will reduce the amount of hazard wastes being produced, 
construction of a new car wash that will reduce the amount of water and 
detergent being used, construction of a waste storage and training 
area, and the re-vegetation of certain banks of the South Platte River. 
In addition, the Consent Decree requires the Board to comply with the 
Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by, among 
other things, taking steps to characterize its wastes and post required 
information in hazardous waste storage areas.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Denver Water Board, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4492.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 
80294; the Region VIII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-
0892. A copy of the proposed consent 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 refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) for each decree, payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross
Chief, Environmental Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18088 Filed 7-16-99; 8:45 am]
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