[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-22843]
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[Federal Register: September 15, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Joint Stipulation
Notice is hereby given that on August 9, 1994 a proposed Joint
Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment in Golnoy Barge, et al. v. M/
T Shinoussa, et al., Civil Action Nos. H-90-2414, H-90-2476, and H-90-
2488, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas.
The claim in this action was filed by the United States on October
29, 1990 against the Shinoussa Shipping Corporation and the M/T
Shinoussa, the Golnoy Barge Company and Apex R.E.&T, Inc., and Fidelis
Shipping Corporation pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq., seeking response costs and natural resource damages resulting
from the July 28, 1990, oil spill into Galveston Bay, Texas. The
proposed Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment requires these
vessel interests to pay $1.7 million to satisfy claims of the United
States and the State of Texas for natural resource damages, costs
incurred in conducting the assessment, state response costs, and other
associated costs. The United States has already been reimbursed for
$1.8 million in United States 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 Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to Golnoy
Barge, et al. v. M/T Shinoussa, et al., DOJ No. 90-11-2-331.
The proposed Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment may be
examined at the Clerk's Office of United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas in Houston, Texas. Copies of the proposed
Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment may be obtained in
person or by mail from the Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Room 1521, U.S. Department
of Justice, 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530. In
requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount of $2.50--
payable to the Treasurer of the United States.
Joel Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 94-22843 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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