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certain claims of the United States 

under Sections 106 and 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

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

42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, concerning 

response costs and remedial actions 

relating to the Palmerton Zinc Pile 

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in Palmerton, 

Pennsylvania. 

The proposed Amendment (1) 

substitutes and/or adds parties as 

Settling Defendants under the 2003 

Decree and this Amendment, taking into 

account several corporate 

reorganizations and other transactions 

and events that have occurred since 

entry of the 2003 Decree; and (2) 

resolves, in a manner consistent with 

the ongoing remedial process at the Site, 

certain claims of the United States of 

America (‘‘United States’’) and the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

(‘‘Commonwealth’’) for Natural 

Resource Damages (‘‘NRD’’) under 

Sections 107(a)(4)(C) and 107(f) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(4)(C) and (f), 

Sections 311(f)(4) and (5) of the Clean 

Water Act (‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1321(f)(4) 

and (5), and Section 702(a) of the 

Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup 

Act (‘‘HSCA’’), 35 P.S. § 6020.702(a). 

Under the terms of the Amendment, 

the Defendants will make a payment of 

$9.875 million to be used to restore, 

replace, or acquire the equivalent of 

natural resources injured as a result of 

releases of hazardous substances at the 

Palmerton Zinc site. The Defendants 

will also pay $2.5 million for damage 

assessment costs. In addition, the 

Defendants will transfer twelve hundred 

acres of valuable property to the 

Pennsylvania Game Commission and 

discharge a mortgage on a nature center 

located at the Lehigh Gap. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments relating to the Amendment. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Horsehead Industries Inc., DOJ 

No. 90–11–2–271/4. The proposed 

Amendment may be examined at the 

Offices of the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 

(contact Assistant Regional Counsel 

Cynthia Nadolski (215) 814–2673) and 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney for the Middle District of 

Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Federal Bldg. 

and Courthouse, 228 Walnut Street, 

Suite 220, P.O. Box 11754, Harrisburg, 

PA 17108–1754 (contact Assistant U.S. 

Attorney D. Brian Simpson (717) 221– 

4482). During the public comment 

period, the Amendment may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

proposed Amendment 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 

$33.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 

by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 

amount to the Consent Decree Library at 

the stated address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–18971 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Prisons 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Housing Approximately 

1,380 Low-Security, Adult Male 

Inmates, That Are Predominantly 

District of Columbia Sentenced Felons 

and Criminal Aliens at a Privately 

Owned Institution in Winton, NC or 

Princess Anne, MD 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice, 

Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508), the 

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) intends 

to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) and conduct Public 

Scoping Meetings for the proposed 

housing of inmates under the District of 

Columbia (DC) III solicitation, at a 

facility in Winton, North Carolina or 

Princess Anne, Maryland. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

mission of the United States Department 

of Justice, BOP, is to protect society by 

confining offenders in the controlled 

environments of prison and communitybased facilities that are safe, humane, 

cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, 

and that provide work and other selfimprovement opportunities to assist 

offenders in becoming law-abiding 

citizens. The BOP accomplishes its 

mission through the appropriate use of 

community correction, detention, and 

correctional facilities that are either: 

federally-owned and operated; federally 

owned and non-federally operated; and 

non-federally owned and operated. 

Proposed Action 

The BOP is facing a period of 

unprecedented growth in its inmate 

population. Projections show the 

Federal inmate population increasing 

from approximately 201,600 inmates at 

the end of fiscal year 2008 to 212,000 

inmates by the end of fiscal year 2010. 

As such, the demand for bed space 

within the Federal prison system 

continues to grow at a significant rate. 

To accommodate a portion of the 

growing inmate population, the BOP 

proposes to contract with a contractor 

owned and operated correctional facility 

that can house approximately 1,380 

low-security, adult male inmates, that 

are predominantly District of Columbia 

sentenced felons and criminal aliens. 

Proposals received by the BOP from 

private contractors include an existing 

facility in Winton, Hertford County, 

North Carolina and new construction at 

a site in Princess Anne, Somerset 

County, Maryland. The BOP has 

preliminarily evaluated these proposals 

and determined that the prospective 

facility/sites appear to be of sufficient 

size to provide space for inmate 

housing, programs, administrative 

services and other support facilities 

associated with the correctional facility. 

The DEIS to be prepared by the BOP 

will analyze the potential impacts of 

correctional facility construction and/or 

operation at these locations. 

The Process 

In the process of evaluating the sites, 

several aspects will receive detailed 

examination including, but not limited 

to: Topography, geology/soils, 

hydrology, biological resources, utility 

services, transportation services, 

cultural resources, land uses, socioeconomics, hazardous materials, and air 

and noise quality, among others. 

Alternatives 

In developing the DEIS, the options of 

‘‘no action’’ and ‘‘alternative sites’’ for 

the proposed facility will be fully and 

thoroughly examined. 


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Scoping Process 

During the preparation of the DEIS, 

there will be opportunities for public 

involvement in order to determine the 

issues to be examined in the DEIS. A 

Public Scoping Meeting will be held at 

7 p.m. August 27, 2009 at the County 

Commissioners Meeting Room in the 

County Office Building, located at 704 

King Street in Winton, North Carolina. 

In addition, a Public Scoping meeting 

will be held at 7 p.m., September 1, 

2009 at the Washington Academy High 

School, located at 10902 Old Princess 

Anne Road in Princess Anne, Maryland. 

The meeting locations, dates, and times 

will be well publicized and have been 

arranged to allow for public 

involvement, as well as interested 

agencies and organizations to attend. 

The meetings are being held to allow 

interested persons to formally express 

their views on the scope and significant 

issues to be studied as part of the DEIS 

process. The meetings will provide for 

timely public comments and 

understanding of Federal plans and 

programs with possible environmental 

consequences as required by the NEPA 

of 1969, as amended, and the National 

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 

amended. 

DEIS Preparation 

Public notice will be given concerning 

the availability of the DEIS for public 

review and comment at a later date. 

Address 

All are encouraged to provide 

comments on the proposed action and 

alternatives at either Public Scoping 

Meetings and anytime during the 30-day 

public scoping period, which ends 

September 15, 2009. There are two ways 

in which comments may be submitted: 

(1) By attending one of the scoping 

meetings or (2) by mail. All written 

comments concerning the proposed 

action should be postmarked no later 

than September 15, 2009. 

Comments submitted by mail or 

questions concerning the proposed 

action and the DEIS may be directed to: 

Richard A. Cohn, Chief or Issac J. 

Gaston, Site Selection Specialist, 

Capacity Planning and Site Selection 

Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 

First Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20534. Tel: 202–514–6470/Fax: 202– 

616–6024/E-mail: racohn@bop.gov. 

Dated: August 4, 2009. 

Richard A. Cohn, 

Chief, Capacity Planning and Site Selection 

Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–19023 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 09–270] 

NASA Advisory Council; Science 

Committee; Earth Science 

Subcommittee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA) 

announces a meeting of the Earth 

Science Subcommittee of the NASA 

Advisory Council (NAC). This 

Subcommittee reports to the Science 

Committee of the NAC. The Meeting 

will be held for the purpose of soliciting 

from the scientific community and other 

persons scientific and technical 

information relevant to program 

planning. 

DATES: Monday, August 31, 2009, 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m 

ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E 

Street, SW., Room 8R40, Washington, 

DC 20546. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marian Norris, Science Mission 

Directorate, NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–4452, 

fax (202) 358–4118, or 

mnorris@nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the capacity of the room. The agenda 

for the meeting includes the following 

topic: 

—Earth Science Program’s Annual 

Performance Appraisal and Rating on 

Fiscal Year 2009 Government 

Performance and Results Act Metrics 

It is imperative that the meeting be 

held on these dates to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. Attendees will be 

requested to sign a register and to 

comply with NASA security 

requirements, including the 

presentation of a valid picture ID, before 

receiving an access badge. Foreign 

nationals attending this meeting will be 

required to provide a copy of their 

passport, visa, or green card in addition 

to providing the following information 

no less than 7 working days prior to the 

meeting: Full name; gender; date/place 

of birth; citizenship; visa/green card 

information (number, type, expiration 

date); passport information (number, 

country, expiration date); employer/ 

affiliation information (name of 

institution, address, country, 

telephone); title/position of attendee. To 

expedite admittance, attendees with 

U.S. citizenship can provide identifying 

information 3 working days in advance 

by contacting Marian Norris via e-mail 

at mnorris@nasa.gov or by telephone at 

(202) 358–4452. 

Dated: July 31, 2009. 

P. Diane Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–18943 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (09–071)] 

Review of U.S. Human Space Flight 

Plans Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

announces a meeting of the Review of 

U.S. Human Space Flight Plans 

Committee. This is a contingency public 

meeting if required by the committee 

and is subject to cancellation on short 

notice. For the most up-to-date 

information, refer to the Committee Web 

site (http://hsf.nasa.gov) or contact the 

NASA Designated Federal Official by email (philip.mcalister@nasa.gov) or 

phone (202–358–0712). 

DATES: Monday, August 24, 2009, 1 

p.m.–5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: JW Marriott Hotel, Grand 

Ballroom, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20004, phone: 202– 

626–6906. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Philip R. McAlister, Office of Program 

Analysis and Evaluation, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Washington, DC 20546, at 202–358– 

0712. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda topics for the meeting include 

Committee deliberations on the Final 

Report. The meeting will be open to the 

public up to the seating capacity of the 

room. It is imperative that the meeting 

be held on this date to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. 


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