Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 6880 [2018-03118]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent
Decree
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Lodge/Abbott
Investments Associates LLC, et al., Civil
Action Number 2:18–cv–87–FtM–
38MRM, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Middle
District of Florida, Fort Myers Division,
on February 9, 2018.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Lodge/Abbott
Investments Associates LLC and Lodge/
Abbott Associates LLC, pursuant to
Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1344, to obtain
injunctive relief from and impose civil
penalties against the Defendants for
violating the Clean Water Act by
discharging pollutants without a permit
into waters of the United States. The
proposed Consent Decree resolves these
allegations by requiring the Defendants
to perform mitigation and to pay a civil
penalty. The proposed Consent Decree
also subjects Defendants to an
injunction.
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
Andrew Doyle, Senior Attorney, United
States Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Environmental Defense
Section, Post Office Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044, and refer to
United States v. Lodge/Abbott
Investments Associates LLC, et al., DJ
# 90–5–1–1–21238.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Clerk’s Office, United
States District Court for the Middle
District of Florida, Fort Myers Division,
2110 First Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901,
or in any of its other Divisions in
Tampa, Orlando, Ocala, and
Jacksonville, FL. In addition, the
proposed Consent Decree may be
examined electronically at https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Defense Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
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To submit
comments:
On February 9, 2018, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Ohio
in the lawsuit entitled United States and
State of Ohio v. City of Middletown,
Ohio, Civil Action No. 18–cv–90.
The Complaint seeks civil penalties
and injunctive relief for alleged
violations of the Clean Water Act and
Middletown’s National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit,
primarily relating to pollutants in
discharges from Middletown’s
wastewater treatment plant and from the
city’s combined sewer overflow outfalls.
Under the proposed Consent Decree,
Middletown would implement a Long
Term Control Plan (‘‘LTCP’’) that
includes (1) construction of two storage
basins; (2) redirection of approximately
291 acres of storm sewershed away from
the sewer system; and (3) redirection of
storm water flow to a 1-acre green
infrastructure basin. Taken together,
these combined sewer overflow (‘‘CSO’’)
control measures would reduce annual
CSOs to six or fewer per typical year.
The Consent Decree would require
completion of the entire LTCP by
January 1, 2043, with completion of one
of the two storage facilities (with a
capacity of 5.1 million gallons) by 2026.
The Consent Decree also requires
significant wastewater treatment plant
updates and sewer system rehabilitation
and pipe replacement. Under the
Decree, Middletown would pay a
$55,000 civil penalty, to be split evenly
between the United States and Ohio,
and perform a supplemental
environmental project estimated to cost
approximately $200,000.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and State of Ohio v. City
of Middletown, Ohio, D.J. Ref. No. 90–
5–1–1–08978. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $12.40 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On February 9, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of
Ohio v. City of Middletown, Ohio, Civil Action No. 18-cv-90.
The Complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive relief for
alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and Middletown's National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, primarily relating to
pollutants in discharges from Middletown's wastewater treatment plant
and from the city's combined sewer overflow outfalls. Under the
proposed Consent Decree, Middletown would implement a Long Term Control
Plan (``LTCP'') that includes (1) construction of two storage basins;
(2) redirection of approximately 291 acres of storm sewershed away from
the sewer system; and (3) redirection of storm water flow to a 1-acre
green infrastructure basin. Taken together, these combined sewer
overflow (``CSO'') control measures would reduce annual CSOs to six or
fewer per typical year. The Consent Decree would require completion of
the entire LTCP by January 1, 2043, with completion of one of the two
storage facilities (with a capacity of 5.1 million gallons) by 2026.
The Consent Decree also requires significant wastewater treatment plant
updates and sewer system rehabilitation and pipe replacement. Under the
Decree, Middletown would pay a $55,000 civil penalty, to be split
evenly between the United States and Ohio, and perform a supplemental
environmental project estimated to cost approximately $200,000.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and State of Ohio v. City of Middletown,
Ohio, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08978. All comments must be submitted no
later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $12.40 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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