[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 13304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6013]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act 
(OPA)

    Notice is hereby given that on March 15, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in the case of United States, et al. v. Polar Tankers, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 2:10-cv-429, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Washington.
    The United States, the State of Washington, the Muckleshoot Indian 
Tribe and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians (``Natural Resource Trustees'') 
filed a complaint concurrently with the Consent Decree alleging that on 
or about October 13, 2004, the oil tank vessel POLAR TEXAS, owned by 
Polar Tankers, Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, Inc., discharged 
oil into waterways near Vashon and Maury Islands in Washington. The 
complaint seeks natural resource damages pursuant to Section 1002(a) of 
the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C 2702(a). Under the Consent Decree, 
Polar Tankers, Inc., will pay assessment costs and natural resource 
damages totaling $588,000.
    The Natural Resources Trustees developed a proposed Restoration 
Plan and Environmental Assessment in connection with the Spill. The 
proposed plan is attached to the Consent Decree as Appendix A and also 
available at http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
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. In either case, the 
comments should refer to United States, et al. v. Polar Tankers, Inc., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08673.
    During the comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 enclose a 
check in the amount of $21.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 
a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-6013 Filed 3-18-10; 8:45 am]
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