[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 51 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5095]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 7, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States et al. v. Kure Shipping S.A., et al., Civil 
Action No. C-08-1328 JL, 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 1997 spill of fuel oil from 
the M/V Kure in the vicinity of Humboldt Bay, near Eureka, California. 
Under the Consent Decree the defendants will: (1) Pay $2,462,067 
jointly to the state and federal natural resource trustees for natural 
resource damages; (2) pay $1,093,092 to cover assessment and response 
costs incurred by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the 
California Department of Fish and Game; (3) pay $100,000 to resolve 
certain state law claims; and (4) purchase a conservation easement to 
protect approximately 300 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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States et al. v. Kure Shipping S.A., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
4529.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $19.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. E8-5095 Filed 3-13-08; 8:45 am]
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