[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 29, 1999, a proposed First 
Amended Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States of America and the 
State of Georgia v. The City of Atlanta, Georgia, Civil Action No. 
1:98-CV-1956-TWT was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of Georgia. This Decree represents a settlement 
of claims against the City of Atlanta, Georgia under Section 309(b) and 
(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d).
    The settlement is entitled First Amended Consent Decree. However, 
while it imposes additional burdens on the parties, it does not change 
any of the obligations set forth in the Consent Decree entered by the 
Court on September 24, 1998.
    Under this settlement between United States, the State and the 
City, the City will be required to undertake extensive rehabilitation 
to its sewer collection system and its wastewater treatment facilities. 
The consent decree also provides for the recovery of civil penalties of 
$700,000 to be paid by the City. The penalty shall be paid as follows: 
within sixty (60) days after the Decree is entered by the Court, the 
City shall pay $125,000 to the United States, and $125,000 to the State 
of Georgia, on or before the one (1) year anniversary of the Date of 
Entry of the Decree, the City shall pay $125,000 to the United States 
and $125,000 to the State of Georgia. The City shall also pay the State 
$100,000 within sixty (60) days of the date of entry, along with 
$100,000 on or before the one (1) year anniversary of the Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed First Amended Consent 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 of America and State of Georgia v. City of Atlanta, 
Georgia, Civil Action No. 1:98-CV-1956-TWT, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4430.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1800 United States 
Courthouse, 75 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30335 and at 
Region 4, Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Water Programs 
Enforcement Branch, Water Management Division, Atlanta Federal Center, 
61 Forsyth Street S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Decree may be obtained in person 
or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclosed a 
check in the amount of $37.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21557 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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