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practices are followed. Grazing will be 

managed to maintain or improve the 

health of the public lands by 

incorporating conditions to enhance 

resource conditions into permitted 

operations. 

• Contain an adaptive framework that 

incorporates regular monitoring and 

evaluation to adjust management within 

the direction of the existing plan. 

Included in the range of potential 

actions for each adaptive management 

decision, a ‘‘fallback’’ decision will be 

prepared, which would be expected to 

achieve the outcome. The plan will have 

realistic desired conditions and 

achievable objectives consistent with 

likely budgets and the design criteria. 

• Lands with wilderness 

characteristics may be managed to 

protect and/or preserve some or all of 

those characteristics. This may include 

protecting certain lands in their natural 

condition and/or providing 

opportunities for solitude, or primitive 

and unconfined types of recreation. 

• Identify existing and potential 

corridors (potential corridors include 

existing ROW routes that can be 

considered for additional facilities and 

thus be considered a corridor if not 

already so designated); Identify existing 

and potential ROW development sites 

such as energy development areas (e.g., 

wind energy sites) and communication 

sites; Describe likely development of 

potential corridors and other ROW sites 

as a basis for impact assessment. 

• The BLM will work cooperatively 

with interested parties to identify the 

management decisions that are best 

suited to local, regional, and national 

interests. A local citizen-based 

stewardship group, the Northwest 

Colorado Stewardship (NWCOS), will 

engage with the BLM in the RMP 

revision. NWCOS is an independent 

community-centered stewardship group 

that will focus its efforts on a 

community assessment, developing a 

community vision for the landscape, 

and a community alternative.

Dated: September 24, 2004. 

John E. Husband, 

Field Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee Public Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee will meet jointly with the 

California Bay-Delta Authority on 

December 8 and 9, 2004. The agenda for 

the joint meeting will include reports 

from the Lead Scientist and the 

Independent Science Board; a 

presentation on climate change by Dr. 

Dettinger and Francis Chung; an update 

on the California Water Plan, the Delta 

Improvements Package, and the 

Operations Criteria and Plan for the 

Central Valley Project and the State 

Water Project; and discussion and a 

possible recommendation on the 10-

Year Finance Plan and the Annual 

Statement of Progress and Future 

Priorities for the CALFED Bay-Delta 

Program with State and Federal agency 

representatives.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 8, 2004, from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Thursday, 

December 9, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

If reasonable accommodation is needed 

due to a disability, please contact 

Pauline Nevins at (916) 455–5511 or 

TDD (800) 735–2929 at least 1 week 

prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Hotel in the Grand 

Ballroom, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, 

California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heidi Rooks, California Bay-Delta 

Authority, at (916) 445–5511, or Diane 

Buzzard, Bureau of Reclamation, at 

(916) 798–5022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established to provide 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior, other participating Federal 

agencies, the Governor of the State of 

California, and the California Bay-Delta 

Authority on implementation of the 

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. The 

Committee makes recommendations on 

annual priorities, integration of the 

eleven Program elements, and overall 

balancing of the four Program objectives 

of ecosystem restoration, water quality, 

levee system integrity, and water supply 

reliability. The Program is a consortium 

of State and Federal agencies with the 

mission to develop and implement a 

long-term comprehensive plan that will 

restore ecological health and improve 

water management for beneficial uses of 

the San Francisco/Sacramento and San 

Joaquin Bay Delta. 

Committee and meeting materials will 

be available on the California Bay-Delta 

Authority Web site at http://

calwater.ca.gov and at the meeting. This 

meeting is open to the public. Oral 

comments will be accepted from 

members of the public at the meeting 

and will be limited to 3–5 minutes.

(Authority: The Committee was established 

pursuant to the Department of the Interior’s 

authority to implement the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq., the 

Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq., and the Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 

U.S.C. 371 et seq., and the acts amendatory 

thereof or supplementary thereto, all 

collectively referred to as the Federal 

Reclamation laws, and in particular, the 

Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Pub. 

L. 102–575.)

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Allan Oto, 

Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 5, 2004 a proposed Consent 

Decree in United States v. the Atlantic 

Richfield Company, an action under 

Sections 107 and 113 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’) as amended, 

42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the District of Utah, Case No. 

2:04CV01028 BSJ. 

In this action, the United States 

sought the recovery of costs incurred 

and to be incurred by the United States 

in response to releases or threatened 

releases of hazardous substances at and 

from the Eureka Mills NPL Site located 

in Eureka, Utah (the ‘‘Site’’). The United 

States alleged that the Atlantic Richfield 

Company was liable under CERCLA 

Section 107(a)(1) and (2), 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a)(1) and (2), as a past owner and 

operator of a portion of the Site at the 

time of disposal and as a present owner 

of a portion of the Site upon which 

hazardous substances have been 

released, for those response costs set 

forth in CERCLA Section 107(a)(4)(A)–

(D), 42 U.S.C. 96707(a)(4)(A)–(D). 

The settlement between the United 

States and the Atlantic Richfield 

Company provides that the Atlantic 

Richfield Company will implement the 

remedy for the Site selected by the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) on those portions of the Site on 

which the United States has alleged that 

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the Atlantic Richfield Company was 

responsible for under CERCLA. EPA 

estimates that the value of the work to 

be done by the Atlantic Richfield 

Company is in excess of $6.1 million. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. the Atlantic Richfield 

Company, et. al., DJ#90–11–3–07993/3. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th Street, 

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. 

During the public comment period, the 

Consent Decree, may also be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html. A copy of the Consent 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $20.00 for the Decree 

(excluding appendices), $51 for the 

Decree with attachments payable to the 

United States Treasury.

Robert Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’) 

Under the policy set out at 28 CFR 

50.7, notice is hereby given that on 

November 4, 2004, the United States 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Montana a 

proposed consent decree (‘‘Consent 

Decree’’) in the case of United States v. 

Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Civil 

Action No. CV–89–39–SEH. The 

Consent Decree pertains to certain 

Superfund sites within the Clark Fork 

River Basin in southwestern Montana 

that have not been the subject of prior 

settlements with the United States—the 

Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site, the 

Clark Fork River Superfund Site, the 

Warm Springs Ponds Superfund Site, 

and the Butte Superfund Site, 

(collectively, the ‘‘Remaining Clark Fork 

Site’’ ). 

The proposed settlement would 

resolve the claims brought by the United 

States against ARCO under section 107 

of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of 

response costs previously paid by EPA, 

through July 31, 2002, with accrued 

interest, in responding to releases and 

threatened releases of hazardous 

substances at the Remaining Clark Fork 

Sites. The Consent Decree would 

simultaneously resolve, subject to 

certain reservations, most of the 

defenses and all of the counterclaims 

asserted by ARCO against the United 

States for the past cost claims at the 

Remaining Clark Fork Sites, as well as 

the future response costs and future 

response actions at these sites. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. ARCO, DOJ Case Number 90–

11–2–430. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney for the District of 

Montana, 2929 Third Avenue North, 

Suite 400, Billings, Montana 59101, and 

at U.S. EPA Region VIII Montana Office, 

Federal Building, 10 West 15th Street, 

Suite 3200, Helena, Montana 59624. 

During the public comment period, the 

Consent Decree, may also be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html. A copy of the Consent 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 

please reference United States v. ARCO, 

DOJ Case Number 90–11–2–430, and 

enclose a check in the amount of $10.00 

(25 cents per page reproduction costs) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on October 25, 2004, a 

proposed Consent Decree in United 

States v. Esso Standard Oil Co. S.A. 

Ltd., Civil Action No. 2004/0139, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Virgin Islands. 

In this action, the United States 

asserted claims against Esso Standard 

Oil Co. S.A. Ltd. (Esso) under Section 

107(a) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), for recovery of response costs 

incurred regarding the Tutu Wellfield 

Superfund Site, in St. Thomas, USVI 

(Site). The proposed consent decree 

embodies an agreement with Esso to pay 

$3 million of response costs. The decree 

provides Esso with a covenant not to 

sue under Section 107(a) of CERCLA. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Esso Standard Oil Co. S.A. 

Ltd., D.J. 90–11–3–1510/1. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, 1108 King Street, Suite 201, 

Christensted, St. Croix, VI 00820, and at 

the Region II Office of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II Records Center, 290 

Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866. During the public 

comment period, the Consent Decree 

also may be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy 

of the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 

7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 2004–7611 or by faxing 

or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone