Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25344]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 9, 1999, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States and State of Hawaii v. 
County of Maui, Civil No. 98-00622 SOM, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Hawaii. The United States 
filed this action pursuant to the Clean Water Act for unauthorized 
spills of sewage.
    Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, the County will pay a 
civil penalty of $300,000, implement injunctive relief designed to 
prevent future spills of sewage, and perform a supplemental 
environmental project to increase the availability of reclaimed water 
for use by a specific area of Maui.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 
Hawaii v. County of Maui, City No. CV 98-00622 SOM, and D.J. Ref. # 90-
5-1-1-1270A.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for 
the District of Hawaii, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, 
Suite 6100, Honolulu, Hawaii; and at U.S. EPA Region IX, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A 
copy of the Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.50 for 
the Decree (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. 99-25344 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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