Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 46889-46890 [05-15868]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 154 / Thursday, August 11, 2005 / Notices Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States v. Sunoco, Inc (R&M) and Sun Pipeline Company, D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–07212. The decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 3, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. Robert Brook, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 05–15866 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Pursuant to section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on July 29, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 05–61271– CV–Huck/Simonton (S.D. Fl.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In this action the United States sought to require the Defendants to conduct remedial design and remedial action to address releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Florida Petroleum Reprocessors Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in the town of Davie in Broward County, Florida. The United States also sought to recover certain past and future costs incurred and to be incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the performance of response actions at the Site. Under the Decree, a group of 52 parties who sent waste oil to the Site will perform the remedial design and VerDate jul<14>2003 16:14 Aug 10, 2005 Jkt 205001 remedial action at the Site, pursuant to the March 1, 2001 Record of Decision (ROD). These parties will also pay $96,892.11 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of EPA’s previously unreimbursed response costs at or in connection with the Site. In addition, they will pay EPA’s future costs associated with overseeing the remedial design and remedial action and implementing the Consent Decree. A group of federal agencies who sent waste oil to the Site will pay $1,289,064 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of EPA’s previously unreimbursed response costs at or in connection with the Site. A former owner and operator of the Site, Barry Paul, and a current owner of the Site, the Florida Department of Transportation, will pay $700,000 and $500,000 respectively to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of EPA’s previously unreimbursed response costs at or in connection with the Site. 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 05–61271– CV–Huck/Simonton (S.D. Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90–11–2–1069. The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 500 East Broward Blvd., 7th Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 and at EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public comment period, the consent decree may be examined on the Department of Justice Web site at https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ open.html. A copy of the consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, or by faxing or emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy, please refer to United States v. U.S. Sugar, et al., 05–61271–CV–Huck/ Simonton (S.D. Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90–11–2– 1069, and enclose a check in the amount of $78.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. To receive the Consent Decree PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46889 without Appendix A (Record of Decision), pay $40.75. Maureen Katz, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 05–15865 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–IS–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America, State of Maryland, Anacostia Watershed Society, Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc., Friends of Sligo Creek and Natural Resources Defense Council v. Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission, was lodged on July 26, 2005, with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division. In the United States’ complaint filed in this matter, the United States alleges violations of Sections 301 and 504 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1364, and in its complaint in intervention, Maryland alleges violations of Sections 9–322 and 9–323 of the Maryland Environment Article, and other State law, arising from unpermitted discharges of wastewater from WSSC’s sanitary sewer collection system to various waters of the United States and the State. Four citizens groups—the Anacostia Watershed Society, the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, the Friends of Sligo Creek and the Natural Resources Defense Council also intervened as coplaintiff, filing a complaint in intervention under the Clean Water Act’s citizens suit provision. The proposed Consent Decree would resolve all of the claims alleged in the United States’, Maryland’s and the Citizens Groups’ complaints, and would result in the performance of injunctive measures, the payment of a civil penalty of $1,100,000 (shared equally by the United States and Maryland), and the performance of three Supplemental Environmental Projects (‘‘SEPs’’) valued at no less than $4,400,000. WSSC has estimated that the injunctive measures, which include comprehensive inspection, rehabilitation, and repair requirements for sewer lines, pump stations, and other system components, and comprehensive changes in the operation and maintenance of its collection system will add an additional $200,000,000 to the funds already budgeted by WSSC for collection system E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1 46890 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 154 / Thursday, August 11, 2005 / Notices maintenance and repairs, over the 14year schedule set forth in the consent decree. The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044 and should refer to United States et al. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, DJ No. 90–5–1–1–07360. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, 36 S. Charles Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, and at the Region 3 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $38.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. The check should refer to United States et al. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, DJ No. 90–5–1–1–07360. Robert D. Brook, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 05–15868 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Notice is hereby given that, on July 1, 2005, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (‘‘IEEE’’) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 16:14 Aug 10, 2005 Jkt 205001 Dorothy B. Fountain, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 05–15909 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Adjudication of Claims of U.S. Nationals Against the Government of Cuba Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the commencement by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of a program for adjudication of certain property claims of United States nationals against the Government of Cuba. The Commission will begin its adjudication of the claims which are the subject of this notice as soon as practicable following the date hereof. The deadline for filing of these claims will be February 13, 2006. The deadline for completion of this claims adjudication program will be August 11, 2006. DATES: Antitrust Division VerDate jul<14>2003 General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, 13 new standards have been initiated and 13 existing standards are being revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at https:// standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/ 06-09-05.html. On September 17, 2004, IEEE filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105). The last notification was filed with the Department on May 16, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 3, 2005 (70 FR 32654). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David E. Bradley, Chief Counsel, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, 600 E Street, NW., Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579, Tel. (202) 616–6975, FAX (202) 616–6993. PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice of Commencement of Claims Adjudication Program, and of Program Completion Date Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Secretary of State and the Commission under subsection 4(a)(1)(C) of Title I of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 455, 81st Cong., approved March 10, 1950, as amended by Public Law 105–277, approved October 21, 1998 (22 U.S.C. 1623(a)(1)(C)), the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission hereby gives notice of the commencement of a program for adjudication of a category of claims of United States nationals against the Government of Cuba. These claims, which have been referred to the Commission by the Secretary of State by letter dated July 15, 2005, are defined as property claims that: a. Would have been eligible under the Cuban Claims Program (22 U.S.C. 1643 et seq.) but for the fact that they did not arise by the time of the filing deadline of May 1, 1967, provided that they were not otherwise adjudicated by the Commission prior to the completion of the Cuban Claims Program; b. arise on or before the date of publication of this Federal Register notice; c. are not claims for disability or death; and d. are filed with the Commission within six months of the date of this Federal Register notice, i.e., on or before February 13, 2006. In conformity with the terms of the referral by the Secretary of State, the Commission will determine the claims in accordance with the provisions of the Cuban Claims Program to the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with 22 U.S.C. 1623, and where such inconsistency exists, in accordance with the provisions of 22 U.S.C. 1623. Also in conformity with the terms of the referral, the claims will be determined by the Commission within twelve months of the date of this Federal Register notice, i.e., on or before August 11, 2006. The Commission will then certify to the Secretary of State those claims that it finds to be valid. The Commission will administer this claims adjudication program in accordance with its regulations, which are published in Chapter V of Title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR part 500 et seq.). In particular, attention is directed to subsection 509.6(d) of these regulations, which provides that the claimant shall bear the burden of proof on all elements of his or her claim. Copies of the regulations will be available from the Commission upon request, and are also available E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
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[Pages 46889-46890]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States of America, State of Maryland, Anacostia Watershed Society, 
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc., 
Friends of Sligo Creek and Natural Resources Defense Council v. 
Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission, was lodged on July 26, 2005, 
with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 
Northern Division.
    In the United States' complaint filed in this matter, the United 
States alleges violations of Sections 301 and 504 of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1364, and in its complaint in intervention, 
Maryland alleges violations of Sections 9-322 and 9-323 of the Maryland 
Environment Article, and other State law, arising from unpermitted 
discharges of wastewater from WSSC's sanitary sewer collection system 
to various waters of the United States and the State. Four citizens 
groups--the Anacostia Watershed Society, the Audubon Naturalist Society 
of the Central Atlantic States, the Friends of Sligo Creek and the 
Natural Resources Defense Council also intervened as co-plaintiff, 
filing a complaint in intervention under the Clean Water Act's citizens 
suit provision. The proposed Consent Decree would resolve all of the 
claims alleged in the United States', Maryland's and the Citizens 
Groups' complaints, and would result in the performance of injunctive 
measures, the payment of a civil penalty of $1,100,000 (shared equally 
by the United States and Maryland), and the performance of three 
Supplemental Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') valued at no less than 
$4,400,000. WSSC has estimated that the injunctive measures, which 
include comprehensive inspection, rehabilitation, and repair 
requirements for sewer lines, pump stations, and other system 
components, and comprehensive changes in the operation and maintenance 
of its collection system will add an additional $200,000,000 to the 
funds already budgeted by WSSC for collection system

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maintenance and repairs, over the 14-year schedule set forth in the 
consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044 and 
should refer to United States et al. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary 
Commission, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-07360.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, 36 S. Charles 
Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, and at the Region 3 Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103. During the public comment period, the decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the decree may also be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $38.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury. The check should refer to United States et al. v. 
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, DJ No. 90-5-1-1-07360.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15868 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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