[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1251-1252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00062]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil
Pollution Act
On December 21, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Hawaii in United States and the State of Hawaii v. Cape Flattery
Limited et al., Civil Action No. 12-00693JMS-BMK. The proposed consent
decree would require Cape Flattery Limited and Pacific Basin (HK)
Limited to pay $7.5 million to resolve the United States' and the State
of Hawaii's (``the State'') natural resource damage claims brought
pursuant to Sections 1002 and 1006 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C.
2702, 2706, and Section 128D of the Hawaii Environmental Response law,
Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 128D.
In this action, the United States and the State seek removal costs,
natural resource damages, and natural resource damage assessment costs
relating to the February 2005 grounding of the M/V Cape Flattery on
coral reef habitat outside the entrance channel to Barbers Point
Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. The proposed $7.5 million payment would reimburse
the United States and the State for removal costs, damages to natural
resources, and assessment costs.
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 the State of Hawaii v. Cape Flattery
Limited et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10600. 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:
By e-mail................................. [email protected].
By mail................................... Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, D.C.
20044-7611.
During the public comment period, the consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $5.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-00062 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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