[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 13314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04960]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Oil Pollution 
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, the State of Oregon represented by Oregon 
Department of Fish and Wildlife (``ODFW''), and the Confederated Tribes 
of the Siletz Indians (``Tribes''), (DOI, ODFW and Tribes collectively, 
the ``Trustees''), are providing an opportunity for public comment on a 
proposed Settlement Agreement (``Settlement Agreement'') among the 
Trustees and Blue Line Transportation Company, Inc. (``Blue Line'') .
    The settlement resolves the civil claims of the Trustees against 
Blue Line arising by virtue of their natural resource trustee authority 
under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2702 for injury to, 
impairment of, destruction of, and loss of, diminution of value of and/
or loss of use of natural resources resulting from the January 27, 2001 
discharge of approximately 5,800 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil from a fuel 
tanker, owned by Blue Line, on U.S. Highway 20, near Toledo, Oregon. 
Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, Blue Line agrees to pay 
$175,000 to the DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration 
Fund, $25,000 to compensate for past assessment costs and $150,000 will 
be used for restoration activities to compensate the public for 
recreational and aquatic injuries. Blue Line 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. 90-5-1-1-12115. 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 e-mail...........................  [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 proposed 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 proposed 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. 2022-04960 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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