[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12035-12036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04082]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Oil Pollution 
Act and Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that the United States of America, on behalf 
of the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') acting through the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of Iowa, acting through the 
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (``IDNR'') (DOI and IDNR 
collectively, the ``Trustees''), are providing an opportunity for 
public comment on a proposed Settlement Agreement (``Settlement 
Agreement'') among the Trustees and Canadian Pacific Railway (``CP'').
    The settlement resolves the civil claims of the Trustees against CP 
arising under their natural resource trustee authority under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2702 and the Clean

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Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f)(4) and (5), and applicable state law for 
injury to, impairment of, destruction of, and loss of, diminution of 
value of and/or loss of use of natural resources as a result of the 
February 4, 2015 discharge of 30,000-53,000 gallons of denatured 
ethanol into and near the Mississippi River near Balltown, Iowa from 
CP's derailed train (``the Spill''). Under the proposed Settlement 
Agreement, CP agrees to pay $282,391 to the DOI Natural Resource Damage 
Assessment and Restoration Fund to be used for restoration activities 
to compensate the public for recreational and aquatic injuries. CP will 
receive from the Trustees a covenant not to sue for the claims resolved 
by the settlement.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments on the proposed Settlement 
Agreement should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division and should refer to the CP 
Settlement Agreement, DJ No. 90-11-3-10260/1. 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 Settlement Agreement may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Settlement Agreement 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 $2.50 (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. 2021-04082 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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