[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66646-66647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30827]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution
Act and the Park System Resource Protection Act
Notice is hereby given that on November 10, 1999, the United States
lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas, Civ. A. No. H-99-3917, in United
States and State of Texas v. Bulk Transport LTD, of Bermuda and SPT
Marine, Inc. et al., pursuant to Section 1002 of the Oil Pollution Act,
33 U.S.C. 2702, and
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Section 19jj of the Park System Resource Protection Act, 16 U.S.C.
19jj. The proposed Consent Decree resolves natural resource damage
claims and park system resource damage claims of the United States and
Texas against the defendants arising out of the discharge of fuel oil
in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1995. Under the proposed Consent
Decree, defendants will conduct specific projects at public beaches to
restore some of the natural resources that were lost or injured as a
result of the oil spill, pay approximately $1.6 million into a court
registry account to help fund projects to restore, replace or acquire
the equivalent of resources or services injured by the oil spill, and
pay all assessment costs.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of
Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7761,
and should refer to United States and the State of Texas v. Bulk
Transport LTD, of Bermuda and SPT Marine, Inc. et al. The proposed
Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Texas, and the
Region VI Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75202. A copy of the proposed Consent
Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a
copy, please enclose a check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per
page) in the amount of $5.00 for the Decree, payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-30827 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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