[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 72 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 20065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7779]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Park System 
Resource Protection Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 7, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'' ) in United States v. Kristin R. Blake, Civil Action 
No. 07-5001 MMM (FMOx), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California, Western Division.
    In this action the United States sought to recover response costs 
and damages pursuant to the Park System Resource Protection Act 
(``PSRPA), 16 U.S.C. 19jj to 19jj-4, and treble damages pursuant to 
California trespass law for injury to and destruction of vegetation 
resulting from the defendant's alleged cutting of a horse trail on a 
parcel owned by the United States and located within the Santa Monica 
Mountains National Recreation Area. The Decree would settle these 
claims in return for a payment of $56,500, to be deposited in the 
Department of the Interior's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and 
Restoration Fund, and applied toward response and damage assessment 
costs incurred as a result of the defendant's alleged incursion onto 
property of the United States and/or natural resource restoration 
projects related to this incident.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
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 reference 
United States v. Kristin R. Blake., Civil Action No. 07-5001 MMM 
(FMOx), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08909.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, room 7516, Los Angeles, CA 
90012. During the public comment period, the Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 enclose a 
check in the amount of $2.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-7779 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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