Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act, 56292-56293 [2021-22059]

Download as PDF jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 56292 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices (i) Explain how the articles potentially subject to the requested remedial orders are used in the United States; (ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the United States relating to the requested remedial orders; (iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded; (iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant’s licensees, and/or third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of articles potentially subject to the requested exclusion order and/or a cease and desist order within a commercially reasonable time; and (v) explain how the requested remedial orders would impact United States consumers. Written submissions on the public interest must be filed no later than by close of business, eight calendar days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. There will be further opportunities for comment on the public interest after the issuance of any final initial determination in this investigation. Any written submissions on other issues must also be filed by no later than the close of business, eight calendar days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Complainant may file replies to any written submissions no later than three calendar days after the date on which any initial submissions were due. No other submissions will be accepted, unless requested by the Commission. Any submissions and replies filed in response to this Notice are limited to five (5) pages in length, inclusive of attachments. Persons filing written submissions must file the original document electronically on or before the deadlines stated above. Submissions should refer to the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 3571’’) in a prominent place on the cover page and/or the first page. (See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic Filing Procedures 1). Please note the Secretary’s Office will accept only electronic filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission’s Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https:// edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 1 Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures: https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_ filing_procedures.pdf. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Oct 07, 2021 Jkt 256001 electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in confidence must request confidential treatment. All such requests should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and must include a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should grant such treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which confidential treatment by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. All information, including confidential business information and documents for which confidential treatment is properly sought, submitted to the Commission for purposes of this Investigation may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity purposes. All nonconfidential written submissions will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Secretary and on EDIS.3 This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). By order of the Commission. Issued: October 5, 2021. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2021–22034 Filed 10–7–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act On October 4, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in United States and State of Louisiana v. American Commercial 2 All contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements. 3 Electronic Document Information System (EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Barge Line LLC, Civil Case No. 2:21–cv– 01818 (E.D. La.). The United States is acting at the request of the designated federal trustees: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Department of the Interior through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The State of Louisiana is acting through its designated State trustees: The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The Complaint in this natural resource damages case was filed against Defendant American Commercial Barge Line LLC (‘‘ACBL’’) concurrently with the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree. This is a civil action for recovery of damages for injury to, destruction of, loss of, or loss of use of natural resources, under Section 1002 of the Oil Pollution Act (‘‘OPA’’), 33 U.S.C. 2702, and Section 2480 of the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act (‘‘OSPRA’’), La. Rev. Stat. 30:2480. The United States and the State of Louisiana seek damages in order to compensate for and restore natural resources injured by ACBL’s oil discharge from its Barge DM–932 into the Mississippi River on or about July 23, 2008. The United States and the State also seek to recover unreimbursed costs of assessing such injuries and planning for restoration. Under the proposed Consent Decree, ACBL will pay $2,071,212 to the trustees to restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of the natural resources allegedly injured, destroyed, or lost as a result of the oil spill. ACBL also will effect the transfer of title and preservation of approximately 649.1 acres of forested woodland habitat in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana near the English Turn of the Mississippi River. ACBL has already paid $1,320,961.72 to the trustees for past assessment and restoration planning costs. 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 and State of Louisiana v. American Commercial Barge Line LLC, DJ# 90–5–1–1–10875/1, Civil Case No. 2:21–cv–01818 (E.D. La.). 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: E:\FR\FM\08OCN1.SGM 08OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree 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 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 $40.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. Thomas Carroll, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2021–22059 Filed 10–7–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [Docket Number DOL–2021–0003] Efforts by Certain Foreign Countries To Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor; Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Forced or Indentured Child Labor in the Production of Goods in Foreign Countries; and Business Practices To Reduce the Likelihood of Forced Labor or Child Labor in the Production of Goods The Bureau of International Labor Affairs, United States Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice: Request for information and invitation to comment. AGENCY: This notice is a request for information and/or comment on three reports issued by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) regarding child labor and forced labor in certain foreign countries. Relevant information submitted by the public will be used by the Department of Labor (DOL) in preparing its ongoing reporting as required under Congressional mandates and a Presidential directive. DATES: Submitters of information are requested to provide their submission to DOL’s Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Oct 07, 2021 Jkt 256001 the email or physical address below by 5:00 p.m. January 15, 2022. To Submit Information: Information should be submitted directly to OCFT, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. Comments, identified as Docket No. DOL–2021– xxxx, may be submitted by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: The portal includes instructions for submitting comments. Parties submitting responses electronically are encouraged not to submit paper copies. Facsimile (fax): OCFT at 202–693– 4830. Mail, Express Delivery, Hand Delivery, and Messenger Service (1 copy): Matthew Fraterman, U.S. Department of Labor, OCFT, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S–5315, Washington, DC 20210. Email: Email submissions should be addressed to Matthew Fraterman (Fraterman.matthew@dol.gov). DOL requests that electronic submissions through the Portal or by email be accessible using assistive technologies such as a screen reader, i.e., Job Aid with Speech (JAWS), NonVisual Display Access (NVDA), ZoomText, to name a few, and be navigable using other means such as a Keyboard or voice commands. Such accessible document formats include Microsoft Word or equivalent and Portable Document Format with OCR. Submissions using these formats facilitate DOL’s compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Fraterman. Please see contact information above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor report (TDA report), published on September 29, 2021, assesses efforts of 131 countries to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in 2020 and assesses whether countries made significant, moderate, minimal, or no advancement during that year. It also suggests actions foreign countries can take to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement, coordination, policies, and social programs. The 2020 edition of the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (TVPRA List), published on September 30, 2020, and updated on June 23, 2021, makes available to the public a list of goods from countries that ILAB has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international standards. Finally, the List of Products PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56293 Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor (E.O. List), most recently updated on March 25, 2019, provides a list of products, identified by country of origin, that DOL, in consultation and cooperation with the Departments of State (DOS) and Homeland Security (DHS), has a reasonable basis to believe might have been mined, produced, or manufactured with forced or indentured child labor. Relevant information submitted by the public will be used by DOL in preparing the next edition of the TDA report, to be published in 2022; the next edition of the TVPRA List, which will also be published in 2022; and for possible updates to the E.O. List as needed. This notice is also a request for information and/or comment on Comply Chain: Business Tools for Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains (Comply Chain). ILAB is seeking information on current practices of firms, business associations, and other private sector groups to reduce the likelihood of child labor and forced labor in the production of goods. This information and/or comment is sought to fulfill ILAB’s mandate under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA) to work with persons who are involved in the production of goods made with forced labor or child labor. Comply Chain seeks to address this mandate through the creation of a standard set of practices that will reduce the likelihood that such persons will produce goods using forced labor or child labor. Comply Chain also achieves a much broader purpose by actively supporting the efforts of companies that seek to address these issues within their own supply chains. Relevant information and/or comment submitted to ILAB will be used to improve and update Comply Chain to better meet the mandates of the TVPRA and help companies and industry groups seeking to develop robust social compliance systems for their global production. I. The Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA), Public Law 106–200 (2000), established eligibility criterion for receipt of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). The TDA amended the GSP reporting requirements of Section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2464, to require that the President’s annual report on the status of internationally recognized worker rights include ‘‘findings by the Secretary of Labor with respect to the beneficiary country’s implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.’’ E:\FR\FM\08OCN1.SGM 08OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 193 (Friday, October 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56292-56293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22059]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil 
Pollution Act

    On October 4, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana in United States and State of Louisiana v. 
American Commercial Barge Line LLC, Civil Case No. 2:21-cv-01818 (E.D. 
La.).
    The United States is acting at the request of the designated 
federal trustees: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
the United States Department of the Interior through the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service. The State of Louisiana is acting through its 
designated State trustees: The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's 
Office, Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Louisiana Department 
of Natural Resources, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Coastal 
Protection and Restoration Authority.
    The Complaint in this natural resource damages case was filed 
against Defendant American Commercial Barge Line LLC (``ACBL'') 
concurrently with the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree. This is a 
civil action for recovery of damages for injury to, destruction of, 
loss of, or loss of use of natural resources, under Section 1002 of the 
Oil Pollution Act (``OPA''), 33 U.S.C. 2702, and Section 2480 of the 
Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act (``OSPRA''), La. Rev. 
Stat. 30:2480. The United States and the State of Louisiana seek 
damages in order to compensate for and restore natural resources 
injured by ACBL's oil discharge from its Barge DM-932 into the 
Mississippi River on or about July 23, 2008. The United States and the 
State also seek to recover unreimbursed costs of assessing such 
injuries and planning for restoration.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, ACBL will pay $2,071,212 to the 
trustees to restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of the natural 
resources allegedly injured, destroyed, or lost as a result of the oil 
spill. ACBL also will effect the transfer of title and preservation of 
approximately 649.1 acres of forested woodland habitat in Plaquemines 
Parish, Louisiana near the English Turn of the Mississippi River. ACBL 
has already paid $1,320,961.72 to the trustees for past assessment and 
restoration planning costs.
    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 and State of Louisiana v. American 
Commercial Barge Line LLC, DJ# 90-5-1-1-10875/1, Civil Case No. 2:21-
cv-01818 (E.D. La.). 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 website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the 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 $40.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-22059 Filed 10-7-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P

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