[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11650-11651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5419]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990

    Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration (``NOAA'') and the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (``DOI'') (hereinafter referred 
to together as the ``Settling Agencies'') have reached a settlement 
with Sociedad Naviera Ultragas Ltda. (``Sociedad'') regarding claims 
for injuries to natural resources arising from an oil spill that 
occurred in Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Massachusetts.
    The Settling Agencies are acting in their capacities as designated 
natural resource trustees under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq. to recover damages for natural resources, as 
authorized by 33 U.S.C. 2702(b)(2)(A). The oil spill occurred on June 
8, 2000, when a tugboat collided with a vessel, spilling approximately 
58,000 gallons of fuel oil into Chelsea Creek.

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    Pursuant to the Agreement, Sociedad will pay $42,136.00 to NOAA and 
$6,479.00 to DOI, as reimbursement for the Settling Agencies' damage 
assessment costs. In addition, Sociedad will pay $100,000 to fund the 
performance of two restoration projects.
    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, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to the Settlement Agreement among NOAA, DOI, and 
Sociedad Naviera Ultragas Ltda, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07462.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at the Office of 
NOAA, Office of General Counsel, One Blackburn Drive, Suite 205, 
Gloucester, MA 01930. During the public comment period, the proposed 
Settlement Agreement may also be examined on the following Department 
of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
proposed Settlement Agreement may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. 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) 514-0097, telephone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy of the 
proposed Settlement Agreement please so note and enclose a check in the 
amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-5419 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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