[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 91 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 25110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9438]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Park System 
Resource Protection Act (``PSRPS'')

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 5, 
2005, a proposed Consent Decree in Travelers v. Nudel and United States 
and United States v. Nudel and MV/GI Jack, 04-20015-CIV-Cooke/Brown 
(S.D.Fl.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Florida.
    In this action the United States sought to recover against 
Defendants Jack Nudel and M/V GI Jack costs for response and damage 
assessment and damages arising from the grounding of the M/V GI Jack in 
Biscayne National Park on November 12, 2001.
    Under the Consent Decree, Defendant Nudel will perform primary 
restoration of seagrass damaged by the grounding and compensatory 
restoration of an area near the grounding site. Defendant Nudel will 
also pay the United States $3,272.58 in reimbursement of the United 
States' damage assessment and response costs and $7,000 toward the cost 
of National Park Service oversight of the restoration work.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of fifteen (15) 
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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
Travelers v. Nudel and United States and United States v. Nudel and M/V 
GI Jack, 04-20015-CIV-Cooke/Brown (S.D.Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-08248.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 99 NE. 4th Street, Civil 
Division, Suite 300, Miami, Florida 33132, and at the National Park 
Service, Environmental Quality Division, Environmental Response, Damage 
Assessment and Restoration Branch, 77 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite G-4, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 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.htm. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also 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, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please refer to Travelers v. Nudel and United States and 
United States v. Nudel and M/V GI Jack, 04-20015-CIV-Cooke/Brown 
(S.D.Fl.), DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-08248, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9438 Filed 5-11-05; 8:45 am]
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