[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1251-1252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00062]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil 
Pollution Act

    On December 21, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Hawaii in United States and the State of Hawaii v. Cape Flattery 
Limited et al., Civil Action No. 12-00693JMS-BMK. The proposed consent 
decree would require Cape Flattery Limited and Pacific Basin (HK) 
Limited to pay $7.5 million to resolve the United States' and the State 
of Hawaii's (``the State'') natural resource damage claims brought 
pursuant to Sections 1002 and 1006 of the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 
2702, 2706, and Section 128D of the Hawaii Environmental Response law, 
Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec.  128D.
    In this action, the United States and the State seek removal costs, 
natural resource damages, and natural resource damage assessment costs 
relating to the February 2005 grounding of the M/V Cape Flattery on 
coral reef habitat outside the entrance channel to Barbers Point 
Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. The proposed $7.5 million payment would reimburse 
the United States and the State for removal costs, damages to natural 
resources, and assessment costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and the State of Hawaii v. Cape Flattery 
Limited et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10600. All comments must be 
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of 
this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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To submit comments:.......................  Send them to:
By e-mail.................................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62121700010d0f0f070c164f0707114c070c1006221711060d084c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="35454057565a5858505b41185050461b505b4751754046515a5f1b525a43">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, D.C.
                                             20044-7611.
 

    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $5.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-00062 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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