[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16107]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the National
Marine Sanctuaries Act
In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States and Board
of Trustees of the Internal Trust Fund of the State of Florida v. Atlas
Shipping, Ltd. and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana S.A. de C.V. (S.D.
Fla.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida on June 4, 1999 (Case No. 99-10061). The
proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States and
the State of Florida against Atlas Shipping, Ltd. and Transportacion
Maritima Mexicana S.A. de C.V. pursuant to Section 1443 of the National
Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1431 et seq., and Florida
Statutes Sec. 253.04 for response costs and damages arising out of the
grounding of the Contship Houston in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary on February 2, 1997. Defendants have previously undertaken
restoration activities to repair injured Sanctuary resources and have
partially reimbursed the plaintiffs for response costs. Under the
Consent Decree, defendants will pay the United States $1,512,531 in
reimbursement for past response costs and for future long term
monitoring of the restoration. The defendants will pay the State of
Florida $3334 in reimbursement of past response costs.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C.
20044; and refer to United States and Board of Trustees of the Internal
Trust Fund of the State of Florida v. Atlas Shipping, Ltd. and
Transportacion Maritima Mexicana S.A. de C.V., DOJ # 90-5-1-1-4534.
The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 99 N.E. 4th
Street, Miami, Florida 33132 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. In
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16107 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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