[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61041-61042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23100]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 2004, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. France Shipmanagement S.A., Civil 
Action No. 04-cv-048-7-JHR-JBR, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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    The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims 
for natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 
2701, et seq., on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (``NOAA'') and the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') 
(together, the ``Federal Trustees'') against France Shipmanagement S.A. 
relating to an oil spill from the tank vessel Anitra, which occurred in 
May 1996 in the Big Stone Anchorage of the Delaware Bay. Pursuant to 
the proposed consent decree, France Shipmanagement S.A. will pay 
$1,500,000.00 as natural resource damages to the Federal Trustees and 
to the State of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection 
(together, the ``Trustees''). Of that amount, approximately $237,000 
has been, or will be, paid to the Trustees for reimbursement of their 
assessment costs. The remaining approximately $1,273,000.00 will be 
utilized by the Trustees for restoration projects.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States, et al., v. France Shipmanagement S.A., Civil Action No. 04-cv-
04807-JHR-JBR, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4380.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 
Newark, New Jersey 07102. 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/open.html. A 
copy of the proposed 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#087c67666169266e646d6d7c7f67676c487d7b6c6762266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d495253545c135b515858494a5252597d484e595257135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy of the 
proposed consent decree, please so note and enclose a check in the 
amount of $16.75 (25 cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23100 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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