82 FR 8435 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the System Unit Resource Protection Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 15 (January 25, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8435]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01698]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the System 
Unit Resource Protection Act

    On January 19, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of California in United States v. Tomales Bay Oyster Company, 
LLC, Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-00255.
    The United States filed a complaint under the System Unit Resource 
Protection Act, 54 U.S.C. 100722(a), and California trespass law 
seeking damages and response costs stemming from the Defendant's 
alleged use of a parcel of land owned by the United States and 
administered by the United States National Park Service as part of the 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The United States simultaneously 
lodged a consent decree which would settle these claims in return for a 
payment of $280,000. From this sum, the Department of Justice will 
deposit $267,742 in the Department of the Interior's Natural Resource 
Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund to pay for response and natural 
resource damage assessment costs incurred by the United States and 
natural resource restoration projects related to this incident. The 
Department of Justice will deposit the remaining $12,258 in the United 
States Treasury.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Tomales Bay Oyster Company, LLC, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-11544. 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 proposed consent decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed 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 $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-01698 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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