[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3913]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act State Law
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in In Re Montauk
Oil Transportation Corp., Civil Action Number 90 Civ. 502 (KMW), DOJ
#90-5-1-1-3918, was lodged in the United States District court for the
Southern District of New York on January 26, 1999. The consent Decree
resolves the liability of Montauk, certain, shareholders of Montauk,
Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., and Northeast Petroleum under
Sections 309 and 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33
U.S.C. Secs. 1319 and 1321 and state laws relating to the March 6, 1990
oil spill in the New York harbor.
Under the Consent Decree Montauk agrees to a judgment against
Montauk of $1.35 million and the United States, the States of New York
and New Jersey, and the City of New York, jointly will receive a total
of $500,000 in natural resource damages from Montauk and certain
Montauk shareholders. New Jersey will receive an additional $50,000
from Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. pursuant to New Jersey law. The
United States will also receive a penalty payment of $25,000 for
violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The Consent
Decree specifies that it is an enforceable judgment against Montauk
thereby permitting the Governments to pursue additional Montauk
shareholders who did not participate in this settlement.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to In Re Montauk Oil Transportation, DOJ #90-5-1-1-3918.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Southern District of New Jersey, 100 Church
Street, 19th Floor, New York, New York; and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3d Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-
0892. Copies of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3d Floor,
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $15.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3913 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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