[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3371]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation of Settlement and Judgment Under 
the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 29, 2007, a Stipulation of 
Settlement and Judgment (``Stipulation'') in United States v. Icicle 
Seafoods, Inc. and Evening Star, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-00268-
JWS, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Alaska.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, as 
amended (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319, for alleged violations of the 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (``Permit'') 
issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for discharges 
from the M/V Northern Victor, to Udagak Bay, Alaska. Defendants, Icicle 
Seafoods, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Evening Star, Inc., own 
and operate the M/V Northern Victor. The Stipulation would resolve this 
action with a civil penalty payment of $900,000. Defendants have 
conducted a removal of the inactive, underwater seafood waste pile in 
Udagak Bay created by the operation of the M/V Northern Victor prior to 
their acquisition of the vessel, as the Permit required. The 
Stipulation preserves for future resolution any claims that the United 
States or EPA may have vis-a-vis the waste pile to which the M/V 
Northern Victor actively discharges other than those exceedances of the 
1.5-acre zone-of-deposit limitation of the Permit that occurred through 
June 10, 2005.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc. and Evening Star, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-07395/1.
    The Stipulation may be examined at the offices of the Environment 
Division, 801 B Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 [Contact: Lorraine 
Carter (907-271-5452)], and at U.S. EPA Region 10, Office of Water, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101 [Contact: Margo Young 
(206) 553-1287)]. During the public comment period, the Stipulation may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Stipulation 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 number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $20.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the address recited above.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3371 Filed 7-10-07; 8:45 am]
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