[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37862-37863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13626]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Oil Pollution 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States, et al. v. Torch Energy Company, et al. Civ. No. CV-02-3977 RSWL 
(Ex) (C.D. Cal), was lodged on May 16, 2002 with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    The consent decree resolves claims under section 1002 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2702, brought against Torch Energy 
Company, Nuevo Energy Company, and Black Hawk Oil & Gas Company 
collectively, (``Defendants''), for natural resource damages arising 
from the September 27, 1997 spill of oil from the offshore drilling 
platform named ``Irene.''
    The proposed consent decree requires the Defendants to pay 
$2,397,000 for natural resource damages to the United States and State 
of California. The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the 
United States and State under the Oil Pollution Act.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days

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from the date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; and refer 
to United States, et al. v. Montrose Chemical Corporation of 
California, et al., No. CV 90-3122-R (C.D. Cal), and DOJ Ref. 
90-11-3-06140.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Central District of California, Federal 
Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012; and the 
Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree 
may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-13626 Filed 5-29-02; 8:45 am]
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