[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16514]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil
Pollution Act
On July 2, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Alaska in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Alaska v.
Adak Petroleum, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-00121-HRH.
In this action, the United States of America, acting at the request
of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department
of the Interior, and the State of Alaska, acting at the request of the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Alaska Department of Natural
Resources, the Alaska Department of Law, and the Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation, sought recovery of natural resource damages
from Adak Petroleum, LLC (Adak) pursuant to Section 1002 of the Oil
Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2702 and similar Alaska state provisions. The
natural resource damages occurred when Adak accidentally released up to
142,000 gallons of diesel fuel when it was trying to refill a tank in
its tank farm located in the Aleutian Islands. Under the Consent
Decree, Adak will perform a restoration project to compensate for the
injured natural resources, as well as pay all past and future
assessment and oversight costs to state and federal agencies. In
return, Adak will receive a covenant-not-to-sue for natural resource
damages arising from the release.
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 Alaska v. Adak Petroleum,
LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10506. 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 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 $13 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-16514 Filed 7-9-13; 8:45 am]
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