[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6810]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 25, 2006, a proposed Partial 
Consent Decree with All Oceans Transportation, Inc., Italia Marittima 
S.p.A. (formerly Lloyd Triestino Di Navigazione), and Yang Ming Marine 
Transport Corporation, in personam; and against the M/V YM PROSPERITY 
(previously known as the M/V MED TAIPEI), in rem, in United States v. 
All Oceans Transportation, Inc., et al., No. 06-4519-JF (N.D. Cal.), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of California.
    In this action, the United States seeks to recover from various 
defendants, pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 
1443(a)(1), response costs and damages resulting from destruction of or 
injury to natural resources caused by the loss of approximately fifteen 
shipping containers from the M/V YM Prosperity in the Monterey Bay 
Marine Sanctuary on or about February 26, 2004. Under the proposed 
Partial Consent Decree, defendants will pay $3,250,000.00 to the United 
States.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Partial 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. All Oceans Transportation, Inc., et al., (N.D. 
Cal.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08681.
    The Partial Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam Street, Monterey, 
California. During the public comment period, the Partial Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Partial 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please refer to United States v. All Oceans Transportation, 
Inc., et al., (N.D. Cal.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08681, and enclose a 
check in the amount of $10.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6810 Filed 8-9-06; 8:45 am]
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