[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6809]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 25, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States et al. v. Bean Stuyvesant, LLC et al., Civil 
Action No. C-03-5694 CRB, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of California.
    The Consent Decree settles claims for natural resource damages 
under the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., and certain state 
law claims that arose in connection with a 1999 spill of fuel oil from 
the dredge M/V Stuyvesant in the vicinity of Humboldt Bay, near Eureka, 
California. Under the Consent Decree the defendants will: (1) Pay 
$1,975,000 jointly to the state and Federal natural resource trustees 
for natural resource damages; (2) pay $887,090 to cover assessment 
costs incurred by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Natural 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the California Department of 
Fish and Game, and the California State Lands Commission; (3) pay 
$48,000 to resolve state law claims; and (4) purchase a conservation 
easement to protect approximately 625 acres of redwood forest in 
perpetuity as habitat for the marbled murrelet.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 et al. v. Bean Stuyvesant LLC et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
07061.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 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 enclose a 
check in the amount of $17.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6809 Filed 8-9-06; 8:45 am]
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