83 FR 2675 - Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Oil Pollution Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 12 (January 18, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2675-2676]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00811]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Oil Pollution 
Act

    On January 9, 2018, a fully-executed proposed Settlement Agreement 
was received by the Department of Justice, among the United States on 
behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (``FWS''), the State of Georgia, on behalf of the Georgia 
Department of Natural Resources (``GDNR''), and Fukunaga Kaiun Co., 
Ltd., a Japanese company that was the former operator of the Motor 
Vessel Fortune Epoch in November 2004.

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    The Settlement Agreement resolves certain claims by the FWS and 
GDNR for natural resource damages resulting from a November 2004 oil 
spill from the M/V Fortune Epoch near Tybee Island, Georgia. The 
Settlement Agreement requires Fukunaga Kaiun Co., Ltd. to pay $775,000 
to pay the FWS and GDNR, the natural resource trustees (``Trustees'') 
for this matter, for past assessment costs and for the joint benefit 
and use of the Trustees to pay for Trustee-sponsored natural resource 
restoration efforts.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and State of Georgia's Settlement 
Agreement with Fukunaga Kaiun Co. Ltd., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10825. 
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, D.C. 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 $4 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-00811 Filed 1-17-18; 8:45 am]
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