Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19008]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 9, 1999, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States and the State of Ohio v. City 
of Port Clinton, Civil Action Nos. 3:99CV7434 and 3:99CV7435, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Ohio, Western Division.
    In these consolidated actions, the United States and the State of 
Ohio sought injunctive relief and penalties against the City of Port 
Clinton (``Port Clinton'') for claims arising in connection with Port 
Clinton's wastewater treatment plant in Port Clinton, Ohio, under the 
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Under the Consent Decree, Port 
Clinton will engage in short-term compliance measures that include 
inspecting and sampling a primary bypass outfall during periods of 
operation, sampling at a public beach, and permanently improving or 
closing all combined sewer overflow stations. Port Clinton's long-term 
compliance measures include submitting plans and construction schedules 
to eliminate primary bypassing, to disinfect and dechlorinate all 
secondary bypasses, and to assure that effluent limitations will 
continue to be met. Port Clinton also must submits a plan to study the 
feasibility of eliminating secondary bypassing. Port Clinton will pay a 
civil penalty of $60,000, one-half of which will be paid to the United 
States,and the other half of which will be paid to Ohio.
    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 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States and 
State of Ohio v. City of Port Clinton, D.J. No. 90-5-1-1-4501.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Four Seagate, Suite 308, Toledo, Ohio, 43604-2624, at 
the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590, and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. A copy of the 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 above-
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $24.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19008 Filed 7-23-99; 8:45 am]
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