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33 U.S.C. 1321(b), against multiple 

parties, including MOEX Offshore 2007 

LLC (‘‘MOEX’’), in connection with the 

discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico 

resulting from the April 20, 2010 

blowout of the Macondo well and 

explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil 

rig. The Complaint alleges that MOEX is 

liable for civil penalties as a co-lessee of 

the Macondo well and as co-owner of 

the well casing and equipment. 

Pursuant to the proposed Consent 

Decree, MOEX will pay $70 million in 

civil penalties, of which $45 million 

will go to the United States and the 

remaining $25 million will be divided 

among the states of Louisiana, Alabama, 

Florida, Mississippi and Texas. The 

proposed Consent Decree also requires 

MOEX to perform supplemental 

environmental projects valued at $20 

million in the Gulf States proximate to 

the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed 

Consent Decree does not resolve all 

claims in the Complaint alleged against 

MOEX, nor does it resolve claims 

alleged in the Complaint against other 

parties. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either emailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to In Re: 

Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ‘‘Deepwater 

Horizon’’ in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 

20, 2010, MDL 2179, D.J. Ref. 90–5–1– 

1–10026. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

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 emailing a request to 

‘‘Consent Decree Copy’’ 

(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–5271. If requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library 

by mail, please enclose a check in the 

amount of $13.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury or, if requesting by fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the address 

given above. 

Maureen M. Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4368 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Settlement 

Agreement Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

February 9, 2012, a proposed Settlement 

Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’) in In re: 

Wood Treaters, LLC, Bankruptcy Case 

No. 3:09–bk–01895–PMG, was lodged 

with the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the Middle District of Florida. 

In this Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, the 

United States filed a claim for 

administrative expenses seeking 

payment under Section 107(a)(1) and (2) 

of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1) 

and (2), of past and future costs incurred 

by the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) for environmental 

response activities related to the 

releases and threatened releases of 

hazardous substances from the Fairfax 

Street Wood Treaters Site, located at 

2610 Fairfax Street in Jacksonville, 

Duvall County, Florida. The Site was 

formerly operated by Debtor Wood 

Treaters, LLC. Under the Agreement 

between the United States, on behalf of 

EPA, and the Chapter 7 Trustee, EPA 

covenants not to take administrative or 

civil action against the Debtor or Trustee 

pursuant to CERCLA Sections 106 or 

107, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607, subject to 

certain reservations of rights. In 

exchange, the United States, on behalf 

of EPA, shall have an allowed priority 

claim for administrative expenses of 

$4,352,672. Further, the Trustee shall 

pay the United States $70,000; pay the 

United States 25% of certain net 

proceeds retained from the recovery of 

pre-Chapter 7 conversion accounts 

receivable and from recovery claims 

under 11 U.S.C. 549; and assign to EPA 

all rights to insurance claims proceeds 

that the Trustee may collect on any 

insurance policy relating to 

environmental liability for the Site. To 

the extent that the aforementioned sums 

are insufficient to satisfy EPA’s allowed 

priority claim, the unpaid balance shall 

be converted to and allowed as a general 

nonpriority unsecured claim. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Agreement. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and either 

emailed to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611, and 

should refer to In re: Wood Treaters, 

LLC, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–10194. 

During the public comment period, 

the Agreement may also be examined on 

the following Department of Justice Web 

site, at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Agreement 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 emailing a request to ‘‘Consent 

Decree Copy’’ 

(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–5271. If requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library 

by mail, please enclose a check in the 

amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury or, if requesting by email or 

fax, forward a check in that amount to 

the Consent Decree Library at the 

address given above. 

Henry Friedman, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4350 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

160th Meeting of the Advisory Council 

on Employee Welfare and Pension 

Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the authority contained in 

Section 512 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 

U.S.C. 1142, the 160th open meeting of 

the Advisory Council on Employee 

Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also 

known as the ERISA Advisory Council) 

will be held on March 13, 2012. 

The meeting will take place in Room 

S–2508, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. The purpose of the open 

meeting, which will run from 1:30 p.m. 

to approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, is to welcome the new 

members, introduce the Council Chair 

and Vice Chair, receive an update from 


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the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, and determine the 

topics to be addressed by the Council in 

2012. 

Organizations or members of the 

public wishing to submit a written 

statement may do so by submitting 30 

copies on or before March 6, 2012 to 

Larry Good, Executive Secretary, ERISA 

Advisory Council, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Suite N–5623, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Statements also may be submitted as 

email attachments in text or pdf format 

transmitted to good.larry@dol.gov. It is 

requested that statements not be 

included in the body of the email. 

Statements deemed relevant by the 

Advisory Council and received on or 

before March 6, 2012 will be included 

in the record of the meeting and 

available in the EBSA Public Disclosure 

room. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as name, 

address, or other contact information) or 

confidential business information that 

you do not want publicly disclosed. 

Individuals or representatives of 

organizations wishing to address the 

Advisory Council should forward their 

requests to the Executive Secretary by 

email or telephone (202–693–8668). 

Oral presentations will be limited to ten 

minutes, time permitting, but an 

extended statement may be submitted 

for the record. Individuals with 

disabilities who need special 

accommodations should contact the 

Executive Secretary by March 6. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 21st day of 

February, 2012. 

Michael L. Davis, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee 

Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4338 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of an 

Extended Benefit (EB) Period for Maine 

and Michigan 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in status of payable periods 

under the EB program for Maine and 

Michigan. 

The following changes have occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding these States’ EB status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 24, 

2012, Maine and Michigan do not meet 

one of the necessary criteria to remain 

on in the EB program: Having a TUR 

trigger rate at least ten percent greater 

than the rate for a comparable period in 

any of the three prior years. This 

triggered Maine and Michigan ‘‘off’’ the 

EB program with the week ending 

January 28, 2012. The end of the 

payable period in both states in the EB 

program will be February 18, 2012. 

The trigger notice covering state 

eligibility for the EB program can be 

found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/ 

unemploy/claims_arch.asp. 

Information for Claimants 

The duration of benefits payable in 

the EB program, and the terms and 

conditions on which they are payable, 

are governed by the Federal-State 

Extended Unemployment Compensation 

Act of 1970, as amended, and the 

operating instructions issued to the 

states by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

In the case of a state concluding an EB 

period, the State Workforce Agency will 

furnish a written notice of potential 

entitlement to each individual who has 

exhausted all rights to regular benefits 

and is potentially eligible for EB (20 

CFR 615.13(c)(1)). 

Persons who believe they may be 

entitled to EB, or who wish to inquire 

about their rights under the program, 

should contact their State Workforce 

Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Frances 

Perkins Bldg., Room S–4524, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by email: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC this 16th day of 

February, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4295 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

Payable Periods in the Emergency 

Unemployment Compensation 2008 

(EUC08) Program for Connecticut and 

Missouri 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in status of the payable periods 

in the Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08) program 

for Connecticut and Missouri. 

Public Law 111–312 extended 

provisions in Public Law 111–92 which 

amended prior laws to create a Third 

and Fourth Tier of benefits within the 

EUC08 program for qualified 

unemployed workers claiming benefits 

in high unemployment states. The 

Department of Labor produces a trigger 

notice indicating which states qualify 

for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three 

and Four and provides the beginning 

and ending dates of payable periods for 

each qualifying state. The trigger notice 

covering state eligibility for the EUC08 

program can be found at: http:// 

ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/ 

claims_arch.asp. The following changes 

have occurred since the publication of 

the last notice regarding these States’ 

EUC08 status: 

• Based on data released by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 24, 

2012, the three month average, 

seasonally adjusted total unemployment 

rate for Connecticut and Missouri fell 

below the 8.5% threshold to remain 

‘‘on’’ in Tier 4 of the EUC08 program. 

As a result, the current maximum 

potential entitlement for Connecticut 

and Missouri in the EUC08 program will 

decrease from 53 weeks to 47 weeks. 

The week ending February 18, 2012 will 

be the last week in which EUC 

claimants in Connecticut and Missouri 

can exhaust Tier 3, and establish Tier 4 

eligibility. Under the phase-out 

provisions, claimants can receive any 

remaining entitlement they have in Tier 

4 after February 18, 2012. 

Information for Claimants 

The duration of benefits payable in 

the EUC program, and the terms and 

conditions under which they are 

payable, are governed by public laws 

110–252, 110–449, 111–5, 111–92, 111– 

118, 111–144, 111–157, 111–205, 111– 

312, and 112–78, and the operating 

instructions issued to the states by the 

U.S. Department of Labor. Persons who 


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