[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74765-74766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29399]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of the Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil 
Pollution Act

    On December 9, 2014, the United States Department of Justice and 
the State of Iowa lodged a Proposed Consent Decree with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in United 
States v. Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad Corporation, d/b/a 
Canadian Pacific, Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-01025-EJM.
    This civil action asserts claims against Dakota, Minnesota, and 
Eastern Railroad Corporation, d/b/a Canadian Pacific (``Defendant'') 
pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., 
for damages for injury to natural resources, and the costs of 
assessment thereof, from the derailment of a Canadian Pacific train 
near Guttenberg, Iowa in 2008 and the resulting discharge of oil into 
the Mississippi River. To resolve the United States' and States' claims 
the Defendant will pay $625,000

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and in return it will receive a covenant not to sue for natural 
resource damages.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern 
Railroad Corporation, d/b/a Canadian Pacific, Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-
01025-EJM, DOJ Reference Number 90-11-3-10260.
    All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after 
the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either 
by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ_ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-29399 Filed 12-15-14; 8:45 am]
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