Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree, 68087 [05-22361]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent
Decree
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. California Olive Ranch,
(E.D. Cal.) 2:05–cv–02205–LKK–PAN,
was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
California on November 2, 2005.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against California Olive
Ranch pursuant to section 309(b) and
(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1319(b) and (d), to obtain injunctive
relief from and impose civil penalties
against the Defendant for violating the
Clean Water Act by discharging
pollutants without a permit into the
waters of the United States. The
proposed Consent Decree resolves these
allegations by requiring Defendant to
mitigate the environmental impacts by
purchasing mitigation credits at the
Dove Ridge Conservation Bank and to
pay a civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will accept
written comments relating to this
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)
days from the date of publication of this
Notice. Please address comments to
Pamela S. Tonglao, Trial Attorney,
United States Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington,
DC 20026–3986 and refer to United
States v. California Olive Ranch, (E.D.
Cal.), 2:05–cv–02205–LKK–PAN, DJ
#90–5–1–1–17457.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
viewed at https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
open.html.
Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense
Section, Environment & Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby give that on October
31, 2005, a proposed consent decree in
United States and the State of Indiana
v. Town of Newburgh, Civil Action No.
3:05–CV–199–RLY–WGH, was lodged
with the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Indiana.
In this action, the United States and
the State of Indiana sought injunctive
relief and civil penalties under section
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309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act
(‘‘the Act’’), 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d),
against the Town of Newburgh, Indiana,
for violations of section 301 of the Act,
33 U.S.C. 1311, and the terms and
conditions of the Town of Newburgh’s
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) permits
at the Town of Newburgh’s wastewater
treatment plant and throughout its
sewer collection system. The Complaint
alleges that the Town of Newburgh
violated the Clean Water Act and its
applicable NPDES permits by failing to
comply with effluent limitations in its
permits, discharging wastewater and
raw sewage through unpermitted point
sources, and failing to monitor specified
parameters at the frequency required by
its applicable NPDES permit.
The proposed Clean Water Act
consent decree provides for injunctive
relief consisting primarily of the Town
of Newburgh’s implementation of a
written capacity, management,
operation, and maintenance (‘‘CMOM’’)
plan for the sewer collection system that
the Town of Newburgh owns or over
which the Town of Newburgh has
operational control; the approved
CMOM plan is attached to the proposed
consent decree as Appendix A. In
addition, the proposed consent decree
acknowledges that the Town of
Newburgh has addressed alleged
effluent limitation and sanitary sewer
overflow violations of its NPDES
permits through the completion of
several construction projects: (a) the
elimination of Outfall 011 to Cypress
Creek; (b) the major upgrade of the
wastwater treatment plant’s capacity
from 2.3 million gallons per (‘‘MGD’’) to
4.6 MGD; (c) the provision of alternate
power supply to the No. 5 (Triple
Crown) and No. 8 (Old Plant) Lift
Stations; (d) replacement of pumps and
controls at the Old Plant Lift Station; (e)
the construction of an new 18 inch
gravity sewer connected to the Old Plant
Lift Station; and (f) the closing and
sealing of Outfall 009. In addition, the
Town of Newburgh will pay a civil
penalty of $56,000 to resolve the claims
in the Complaint.
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, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States and Indiana v. Town of
Newburgh, DOJ Ref. #90–5–1–1–06644.
The proposed consent decree may be
examined at the office of the United
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
California Olive Ranch, (E.D. Cal.) 2:05-cv-02205-LKK-PAN, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
California on November 2, 2005.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against California Olive Ranch pursuant to section 309(b)
and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), to obtain
injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant
for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a
permit into the waters of the United States. The proposed Consent
Decree resolves these allegations by requiring Defendant to mitigate
the environmental impacts by purchasing mitigation credits at the Dove
Ridge Conservation Bank and to pay a civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Pamela S.
Tonglao, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington,
DC 20026-3986 and refer to United States v. California Olive Ranch,
(E.D. Cal.), 2:05-cv-02205-LKK-PAN, DJ 90-5-1-1-17457.
The proposed Consent Decree may be viewed at https://www.usdoj.gov/
enrd/open.html.
Stephen Samuels,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
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