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The US Department of Justice issued a Press Release stating that the owners and operators of a container ship have agreed to pay $3.25 million to the United States Government to resolve allegations that 15 containers lost overboard in 2004 resulted in long-term damage to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. 
The containers fell overboard in rough seas as the ship was transiting from San Francisco to Los Angeles.  The Coast Guard reports that the containers were inappropriately loaded on the vessel.  This development could signal the opening of a whole new front on the federal government’s battle against marine pollution.

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