[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18050]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 1, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States, et al. v. Billabong II ANS, Civil No. 2:03-
2157-18, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of South Carolina, Charleston Division.
    In this action the United States and the State of South Carolina 
sought natural resource damages for injuries to natural resources 
arising from a spill of fuel oil from the Motor Vessel STAR EVVIVA into 
the Atlantic Ocean off of the coast of South Carolina on or about 
January 14, 1999. The defendant is Billabong II ANS, the owner of the 
Motor Vessel STAR EVVIVA.
    Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the Settlor will pay 
$95,207 to the United states and $28,847 to the State of South Carolina 
as reimbursement for damage assessment costs and will pay $1,875,946 
into an account established within the Department of the Interior's 
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Account. The funds 
paid into the Restoration Account will be held in that account to pay 
costs to be incurred by the United States and the State of South 
Carolina for restoring, rehabilitating, replacing, or acquiring the 
equivalent of the natural resources injured by the spill.
    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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. Billabong II ANS, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07114.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Joseph P. Griffith, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, PO 
Box 978, 151 Meeting Street, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29402. During 
the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 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 ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 616-6584, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $4.50 (18 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-18050 Filed 7-16-03; 8:45 am]
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