[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22843]


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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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