[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 235 (Friday, December 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74192-74193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28763]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 25, 2008, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. f/v North Wind, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-00272-DAE-BMK, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
    The civil action relates to the July 1, 2005 incident when the M/V 
Casitas, a 145-foot motor vessel owned and operated by f/v North Wind, 
Inc., ran

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aground on the reef near North Island at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, a part 
of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and which is also 
within the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. In this action 
the United States and State of Hawaii seek to obtain damages for injury 
to natural resources under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA).
    The proposed Decree would require North Wind to pay $2,817,626.48 
for damages, in exchange for a covenant not to sue from the United 
States and Hawaii for damages under OPA, the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or state law.
    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. f/v North Wind Inc., Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-00272-
DAE-BMK, and DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-09389.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the Civil Division, 
Torts Branch, at West Coast Office, U.S. Department of Justice, 7-5395 
Federal Bldg., Box 36028, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, 
California 94102-3463. 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 $4.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) for a copy of the consent decree, 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 stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-28763 Filed 12-4-08; 8:45 am]
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