78046 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 29, 2004 / Notices 

the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and the 

State of Washington, which was 

executed on November 16, 2004. 

This Amendment authorizes the Tribe 

to conduct Class III gaming activities on 

fee land (the Fife Property) within the 

Tribe’s reservation boundaries.

Dated: December 22, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–28506 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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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 December 14, 2004, a 

proposed Consent Decree in United 

States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., Civil 

No. 04–1435, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Northern District of New York. 

This action concerns the Tri Cities 

Barrel Superfund Site (Site), which is 

located in Fenton, New York. In this 

action, the United States asserted claims 

against Alcan Aluminum Corp: (1) 

under section 106(b)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1), for 

civil penalties for Alcan’s failure to 

comply with an administrative order 

issued by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) which 

required Alcan to participate and 

cooperate with a group of parties who 

are performing the remedy for the Site 

under a Remedial Design/Remedial 

Action consent decree; and (2) under 

section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), for recovery of response costs 

incurred regarding the Site. The 

proposed consent decree embodies an 

agreement with Alcan to pay $600,000 

of EPA’s past response costs, to pay 

80% of all future response costs, up to 

a $800,000 cap, and to pay a $360,000 

civil penalty. The decree provides Alcan 

with a covenant not to sue under 

sections 106(b)(1) and 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. Alcan Aluminum Corp., D.J. 

No. 90–11–3–1514/2. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, 445 Broadway, Albany, NY 

12207, 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 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 

$5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Catherine R. McCabe, 

Deputy Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 04–28536 Filed12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed consent decree in 

United States v. Macaulay, Case No. 

3:04–23209, was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina on December 8, 2004. 

This proposed Consent Decree concerns 

a complaint filed by the United States 

against the Defendants pursuant to 

section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), to obtain 

injunctive relief from and impose civil 

penalties against the Defendants for 

filling wetlands without a permit. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

requires the defendants to pay a civil 

penalty and restore the impacted 

wetland to its natural grade and 

contour. The Department of Justice will 

accept written comments relating to this 

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice. Please address comments to 

Emery Clark, Assistant United States 

Attorney, United States Attorney’s 

Office, Wachovia Building, Suite 500, 

1441 Main Street, Columbia, South 

Carolina 29201 and refer to United 

States v. Macaulay, Case No. 3:04–

23209. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, 901 Richland Lane, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

In addition the proposed Consent 

Decree may be viewed on the World 

Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/

enrd/open.html.

Stephen Samuels, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–28537 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Fee Adjustments for Testing, 

Evaluation, and Approval of Mining 

Products

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of fee adjustments.

SUMMARY: This notice revises our 

[MSHA Approval and Certification 

Center (A&CC)] user fees. Fees 

compensate us for the costs that we 

incur for testing, evaluating, and 

approving certain products for use in 

underground mines. We based the 2005 

fees on our actual expenses for fiscal 

year 2004. The fees reflect changes both 

in our approval processing operations 

and in our costs to process approval 

actions.

DATES: This fee schedule is effective 

from January 1, 2005, through December 

31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven J. Luzik, Chief, Approval and 

Certification Center (A&CC), 304–547–

2029 or 304–547–0400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 8, 1987 (52 FR 17506), we 

published a final rule, 30 CFR part 5—

Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and 

Approval of Mining Products. The rule 

established specific procedures for 

calculating, administering, and revising 

user fees. We have revised our fee 

schedule for 2004 in accordance with 

the procedures of that rule and include 

this new fee schedule below. For 

approval applications postmarked 

before January 1, 2005, we will continue 

to calculate fees under the previous 

(2004) fee schedule, published on 

December 30, 2003. 

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Fee Computation 

In general, we computed the 2005 fees 

based on fiscal year 2004 data. We 

calculated a weighted-average, direct 

cost for all the services that we provided 

during fiscal year 2004 in the processing 

of requests for testing, evaluation, and 

approval of certain products for use in 

underground mines. From this cost, we 

calculated a single hourly rate to apply 

uniformly across all of the product 

approval categories during 2005.

Dated: December 22, 2004. 

David G. Dye, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety 

and Health.

FEE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005 

(BASED ON FY 2004 DATA) 

ACTION TITLE HOURLY 

RATE ($) 

Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining Products 1 ...................................................................................................... 66 

Retesting for Approval as a Result of Post-Approval Product Audit 2.

30 CFR PART 15—EXPLOSIVES TESTING

Permissibility Tests for Explosives: 

Weigh-in ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 462 

Physical Exam: First size ................................................................................................................................................................. 325 

Chemical Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1,977 

Air Gap—Minimum Product Firing Temperature .............................................................................................................................. 460 

Air Gap—Room Temperature .......................................................................................................................................................... 352 

Pendulum Friction Test .................................................................................................................................................................... 163 

Detonation Rate ................................................................................................................................................................................ 352 

Gallery Test 7 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 7,436 

Gallery Test 8 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5,533 

Toxic Gases (Large Chamber) ......................................................................................................................................................... 805 

Permissibility Tests for Sheathed Explosives: 

Physical Examination ....................................................................................................................................................................... 128 

Chemical Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1,044 

Gallery Test 9 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,944 

Gallery Test 10 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,944 

Gallery Test 11 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,944 

Gallery Test 12 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,944 

Drop Test .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 648 

Temperature Effects/Detonation ....................................................................................................................................................... 672 

Toxic Gases ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 580 

1Full approval fee consists of evaluation cost plus applicable test costs. 

2Fee based upon the approval schedule in effect at the time of retest. 

Note: When the nature of the product 

requires that we test and evaluate it at a 

location other than our premises, you must 

reimburse us for the traveling, subsistence, 

and incidental expenses of our representative 

in accordance with standardized government 

travel regulations. This reimbursement is in 

addition to the fees charged for evaluation 

and testing.

[FR Doc. 04–28452 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petitions for Modification 

The following parties have filed 

petitions to modify the application of 

existing safety standards under section 

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and 

Health Act of 1977. 

1. St. Lawrence Zinc Company 

[Docket No. M–2004–010–M] 

St. Lawrence Zinc Company, P.O. Box 

226, Hailesboro, New York 13645 has 

filed a petition to modify the 

application of 30 CFR 57.14106 (Falling 

object protection) to its No. 4 Mine 

(MSHA I.D. No. 30–01185) located in St. 

Lawrence County, New York. The 

petitioner proposes to use low profile 

mini-jumbos and two (2) yard load haul 

dumps without canopies in new mining 

areas with low height stopes in the No. 

4 Mine. The petitioner states that ore 

drifts of nine (9) feet high and eight (8) 

feet wide will be maintained in the new 

mining areas, and the ore veins plunge 

approximately 25 degrees, thereby 

reducing the height of the stope (shanty 

back strike drifts). The petitioner asserts 

that the proposed alternative method 

would provide at least the same 

measure of protection as the existing 

standard. 

2. Cumberland Coal Resources, LP 

[Docket No. M–2004–052–C] 

Cumberland Coal Resources, LP, 

Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty 

Avenue, Suite 1340, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 15222 has filed a petition 

to modify the application of 30 CFR 

75.364(b)(1) (Weekly examination) to its 

Cumberland Mine (I.D. No. 36–05018) 

located in Greene County, Pennsylvania. 

The petitioner requests a modification 

of the existing standard to permit the 

use of air monitoring stations at a sump 

in an intake airway in lieu of traveling 

the entry in its entirety. The petitioner 

asserts that the proposed alternative 

method would provide at least the same 

measure of protection as the existing 

standard. 

Request for Comments 

Persons interested in these petitions 

are encouraged to submit comments via 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov; E-mail: 

Comments@MSHA.gov; Fax: (202) 693–

9441; or Regular Mail/Hand Delivery/

Courier: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 1100 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209. All 

comments must be postmarked or 

received in that office on or before 

January 28, 2005. Copies of these