69586 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 

session, and everyone in attendance 

must be present and seated by 12:30 

p.m. 

Dated: November 10, 2005. 

Elaine P. Killoran, 

Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

Finance, Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 05–22678 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Settlement 

Agreement Under the Oil Pollution Act 

(‘‘OPA’’) 

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 4, 2005, a proposed 

Settlement Agreement in In re Equinox 

Oil Co., Inc., et al., Civil Action Nos. 

99–12688 and 99–13071 was lodged 

with the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the Eastern District of 

Louisiana. 

The United States and the State of 

Louisiana (‘‘State’’) each filed a Proof of 

Claim in this jointly administered 

bankruptcy action, seeking natural 

resource damages, and the United States 

also sought removal costs paid by the 

Coast Guard to clean up oil that was 

discharged into the waters of Lake 

Grande Ecaille in Plaquemines Parish, 

Louisiana during a well blowout. The 

State and federal claims were 

authorized by the Oil Pollution Act 

(‘‘OPA’’). The well was owned by Alma 

Energy Corporation and operated by 

Equinox Oil Company, Inc. These 

companies filed for bankruptcy and 

subsequently were purchased by 

Elysium Energy, L.L.C. (‘‘Elysium’’), 

which assumed liability for these 

claims. 

Under the Settlement Agreement, 

Elysium agreed to pay $1.2 million to 

resolve the United States’ and the 

State’s natural resource damage claims, 

including costs to implement restoration 

projects on property near the location of 

the oil spill, past assessment costs, and 

estimated future restoration costs. The 

Coast Guard’s removal costs were paid 

earlier. 

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, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to In re 

Equinox Oil Co., Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 

90–11–3–07003. 

The Settlement Agreement may be 

examined during the public comment 

period on the following Department of 

Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/ 

enrd/open.html. A copy of the 

Settlement Agreement may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy of the Settlement Agreement from 

the Consent Decree Library, please 

enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 

(25 cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr., 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–22739 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States of America v. Lone Moose 

Meadows, LLC, No. CV 05–76–BU–SEH, 

(D. Mt.) was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Montana on November 3, 2005. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against Lone Moose 

Meadows, LLC pursuant to section 

309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), to 

obtain injunctive relief from and impose 

civil penalties against the Defendant for 

violating the Clean Water Act by 

discharging pollutants without a permit 

into waters of the United States. The 

proposed Consent Decree resolves these 

allegations by requiring the Defendants 

to restore impacted areas, perform 

mitigation and to pay a civil penalty. 

The Department of Justice will accept 

written comments relating to this 

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

Notice. Please address comments to Leif 

Johnson, Assistant United States 

Attorney, PO Box 1478, Billings, 

Montana 59103 and refer to United 

States of America v. Lone Moose 

Meadows, LLC, et al. and DJ #90–5–1–

1–17261. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the District of 

Montana, Butte Division, 303 Federal 

Building, 400 North Main St., Butte, 

Montana 59701. In addition, the 

proposed Consent Decree may be 

viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

open.html. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Scott Schachter, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–22737 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on November 2, 2005, a 

proposed Consent Decree in United 

States, et al. v. City of Nashua, New 

Hampshire, Civil Action No. 1:05–cv–

00376–PB, was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the District of 

New Hampshire. 

In this action the United States, on 

behalf of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), filed a Complaint against the 

City of Nashua alleging violations of the 

Clean Water Act concerning the City’s 

current and former combined sewer 

outfall (‘‘CSO’’) facilities. Under the 

terms of the Consent Decree, the City 

undertakes the implementation of a CSO 

abatement plan with a completion date 

of August, 2012. The mitigation 

measures are extensive, requiring 

completion of the separation of 

combined sanitary and storm water 

systems over a large section of the City; 

the design and construction of wetweather by-pass systems; the design and 

construction of new outfalls with 

screening and detention ponds in 

multiple locations; the design and 

construction of disinfection facilities; 

and substantial system-wide 

infrastructure improvements. 

For a period of thirty (30) days from 

the date of this publication, the 

Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the Consent 

Decree. Comments should be addressed 

to the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States, et al. v. City of Nashua, New 

Hampshire, DOJ No. 90–5–1–1–08193. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 53 

Pleasant Street, Concord, New 

Hampshire, and at the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency,