Notice of Lodging of Proposed Fifth Amendment To Consent Decree and Consolidated Fifth Amended Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 58189 [2024-15662]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed Fifth
Amendment To Consent Decree and
Consolidated Fifth Amended Consent
Decree Under the Clean Water Act
On July 10, 2024, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Fifth
Amendment to Consent Decree and
Consolidated Fifth Amended Consent
Decree (collectively, the ‘‘Fifth
Amendment’’) with the United States
District Court for the Northern District
of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United
States and State of Ohio v. Northeast
Ohio Regional Sewer District, Civil
Action No. 1:10–CV–02895–DCN.
The Consent Decree, as currently
amended, requires NEORSD to construct
and implement improvements to reduce
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the volume and number of combined
sewage overflows (sanitary and
commercial sewage combined with
stormwater) and untreated treatment
plant discharges from NEORSD’s system
by constructing six underground storage
tunnels, other storage devices, and green
infrastructure, and by increasing the
capacity of each of NEORSD’s sewage
treatment plants. The proposed Fifth
Amendment modifies two Consent
Decree requirements.
First, the Fifth Amendment resolves
obstacles that NEORSD has encountered
in trying to meet a requirement that
green infrastructure (as defined by the
Consent Decree) capture at least 44
million gallons of stormwater in a
typical year to allow for more storage for
combined sewer flows. Instead, the Fifth
Amendment will require NEORSD to
increase the size of five of the deep
tunnels to capture increased combined
sewer flow rather than using green
infrastructure alone, and to extend the
time to complete the work needed to
meet the 44-million-gallon capture
requirement up to December 31, 2034,
because of the time required to complete
the tunnels. The Fifth Amendment also
changes the requirement to capture 44
million gallons of storm water to a
requirement to capture and store 54
million gallons of combined sewage that
would otherwise be discharged without
treatment into Cleveland area rivers and
Lake Erie. The Fifth Amendment also
shortens the time to complete the
tunnels from the original requirement of
December 31, 2035.
Second, the original consent decree
required construction of a high-rate
treatment facility capable of treating 400
million gallons per day of flow, which
provides treatment to sewage flowing
into the Easterly plant beyond the
plant’s capacity to treat such flow
during a rain or snowmelt event. The
proposed Fifth Amendment allows for
construction of a smaller, 175-million
gallon per day facility but also requires
NEORSD to construct equipment of
sufficient size to divert additional flows
into one of the deep tunnels for
treatment at the Easterly plant’s main
treatment facilities following a rain or
snowmelt event.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Fifth Amendment. 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.
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District,
D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–08177/1. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
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Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
Any comments submitted in writing
may be filed by the United States in
whole or in part on the public court
docket without notice to the commenter.
During the public comment period,
the Fifth Amendment may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
If you require assistance accessing the
Fifth Amendment, you may request
assistance by email or by mail to the
addresses provided above for submitting
comments.
Laura Thoms,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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their reliance on PTE 84–14 if they meet
the Proposed Exemption’s conditions,
notwithstanding the judgments of
conviction involving entities within the
UBS and CSAG corporate umbrellas that
are described in the Proposed
Exemption.
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and requests for a public hearing on the
Proposed Exemption, published June
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Fifth Amendment To Consent Decree
and Consolidated Fifth Amended Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
On July 10, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Fifth
Amendment to Consent Decree and Consolidated Fifth Amended Consent
Decree (collectively, the ``Fifth Amendment'') with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in the lawsuit
entitled United States and State of Ohio v. Northeast Ohio Regional
Sewer District, Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-02895-DCN.
The Consent Decree, as currently amended, requires NEORSD to
construct and implement improvements to reduce the volume and number of
combined sewage overflows (sanitary and commercial sewage combined with
stormwater) and untreated treatment plant discharges from NEORSD's
system by constructing six underground storage tunnels, other storage
devices, and green infrastructure, and by increasing the capacity of
each of NEORSD's sewage treatment plants. The proposed Fifth Amendment
modifies two Consent Decree requirements.
First, the Fifth Amendment resolves obstacles that NEORSD has
encountered in trying to meet a requirement that green infrastructure
(as defined by the Consent Decree) capture at least 44 million gallons
of stormwater in a typical year to allow for more storage for combined
sewer flows. Instead, the Fifth Amendment will require NEORSD to
increase the size of five of the deep tunnels to capture increased
combined sewer flow rather than using green infrastructure alone, and
to extend the time to complete the work needed to meet the 44-million-
gallon capture requirement up to December 31, 2034, because of the time
required to complete the tunnels. The Fifth Amendment also changes the
requirement to capture 44 million gallons of storm water to a
requirement to capture and store 54 million gallons of combined sewage
that would otherwise be discharged without treatment into Cleveland
area rivers and Lake Erie. The Fifth Amendment also shortens the time
to complete the tunnels from the original requirement of December 31,
2035.
Second, the original consent decree required construction of a
high-rate treatment facility capable of treating 400 million gallons
per day of flow, which provides treatment to sewage flowing into the
Easterly plant beyond the plant's capacity to treat such flow during a
rain or snowmelt event. The proposed Fifth Amendment allows for
construction of a smaller, 175-million gallon per day facility but also
requires NEORSD to construct equipment of sufficient size to divert
additional flows into one of the deep tunnels for treatment at the
Easterly plant's main treatment facilities following a rain or snowmelt
event.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Fifth Amendment. 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. Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08177/1. 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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Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the
commenter.
During the public comment period, the Fifth Amendment may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance
accessing the Fifth Amendment, you may request assistance by email or
by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.
Laura Thoms,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-15662 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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