Notice of Lodging of Joint Stipulation

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Joint Stipulation

Notice is hereby given that on August 9, 1994 a proposed Joint

Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment in Golnoy Barge, et al. v. M/

T Shinoussa, et al., Civil Action Nos. H-90-2414, H-90-2476, and H-90-

2488, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern

District of Texas.

The claim in this action was filed by the United States on October

29, 1990 against the Shinoussa Shipping Corporation and the M/T

Shinoussa, the Golnoy Barge Company and Apex R.E.&T, Inc., and Fidelis

Shipping Corporation pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et

seq., seeking response costs and natural resource damages resulting

from the July 28, 1990, oil spill into Galveston Bay, Texas. The

proposed Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment requires these

vessel interests to pay $1.7 million to satisfy claims of the United

States and the State of Texas for natural resource damages, costs

incurred in conducting the assessment, state response costs, and other

associated costs. The United States has already been reimbursed for

$1.8 million in United States response costs.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to Golnoy

Barge, et al. v. M/T Shinoussa, et al., DOJ No. 90-11-2-331.

The proposed Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment may be

examined at the Clerk's Office of United States District Court for the

Southern District of Texas in Houston, Texas. Copies of the proposed

Joint Stipulation and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division, Room 1521, U.S. Department

of Justice, 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530. In

requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount of $2.50--

payable to the Treasurer of the United States.

Joel Gross,

Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 94-22843 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]

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