48598 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices 

20 acres of National Forest System land 

withdrawn for reclamation purposes. 

This order also opens the land to 

exchange. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 23, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Duane Marti, Realty Specialist, Bureau 

of Land Management, at (916) 978–4675 

or via e-mail at 

Duane_Marti@ca.blm.gov; or Janice 

Gordon, Realty Specialist, Forest 

Service, at (530) 621–5266 or via e-mail 

at jgordon@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land 

was withdrawn on behalf of the Bureau 

of Reclamation as part of the American 

River Division, Sly Park Unit of the 

Central Valley Reclamation Project. The 

land is part of the National Forest 

System land managed by the Eldorado 

National Forest. The partial revocation 

is needed to facilitate the completion of 

a pending land exchange between the 

Forest Service and the El Dorado 

Irrigation District. The land is no longer 

needed for reclamation purposes and 

the Bureau of Reclamation has 

concurred with the partial revocation. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714 (2006), it is ordered as follows: 

1. The Bureau of Reclamation Order 

dated February 19, 1952, is hereby 

revoked insofar as it affects the 

following described land: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 10 N., R. 13 E., 

Sec. 16, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 20 acres in El 

Dorado County. 

2. At 10 a.m. on September 23, 2009, 

the land described above will be open 

to exchange pursuant to the General 

Exchange Act of 1922, 16 U.S.C. 485 

(2006), and Section 206 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1716 (2006). 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

Wilma A. Lewis, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–22846 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Consistent with Section 122(d) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

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

42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, 

notice is hereby given that on 

September 17, 2009, the United States 

lodged a Consent Decree with the South 

Tahoe Public Utility District (‘‘the 

District’’) in United States of America v. 

El Dorado County, California, et al., 

Civil No. S–01–1520 MCE GGH (E.D. 

Cal.), with respect to the Meyers 

Landfill Site, located in Meyers, El 

Dorado County, California (the ‘‘Site’’). 

El Dorado County, California filed a 

Third Party Complaint for contribution 

against a number of third parties, 

including the District. The District 

asserted CERCLA claims against the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service (‘‘Forest 

Service’’) as well as non-CERCLA claims 

related to a Forest Service Special Use 

Permit for a portion of their sewer line. 

The proposed Consent Decree resolves 

the District’s CERCLA claims against the 

Forest Service and the Forest Service’s 

potential CERCLA claims against the 

District. 

In addition, attached to the proposed 

Consent Decree is a separate, related, 

Settlement Agreement resolving the 

non-CERCLA claims between the Forest 

Service and the District. The Settlement 

Agreement’s effectiveness is 

conditioned on the Court’s entry of the 

proposed Consent Decree. Under the 

proposed Consent Decree the District is 

not paying any money towards the 

Forest Service’s past costs, but it has 

agreed to provide access to its sewer 

line and to cooperate and to provide its 

expertise in implementing the OU–1 

Remedy. In addition, the District will 

dismiss it’s CERCLA claims against the 

Forest Service. The District will receive 

from the United States a covenant not to 

sue or to take administrative action 

pursuant to Sections 106 or 107 of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, as 

amended, for the United States’ past and 

future response costs at the Site. 

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 

Acting 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 of America v. El Dorado County, 

California, et al., Civil No. S–01–1520 

MCE GGH (E.D. Cal.) (DOJ Ref. No. 90– 

11–3–06554). 

The Consent Decree with the District 

may be examined at U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, 

33 New Montgomery Street, 17th Floor, 

San Francisco, CA 94150 (contact Rose 

Miksovsky, (415) 744–3158). During the 

public comment period, the Consent 

Decree with the District may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree with the District may 

also be obtained by mail from the 

Consent Decree Library, U.S. 

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 

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 refer to United 

States of America v. El Dorado County, 

California, et al., Civil No. S–01–1520 

MCE GGH (E.D. Cal.) (DOJ Ref. No. 90– 

11–3–06554) (Consent Decree with 

District), and enclose a check in the 

amount of $9.00 (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. E9–22870 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

September 17, 2009, an electronic 

version of a proposed consent decree 

was lodged in the United States District 

Court for the Central District of 

California in Preservation Aviation, Inc. 

et al. v. United States et al., No. SACV 

07–1219 SJO (AJWx). The consent 

decree settles the United States’ claims 

and counterclaims in connection with a 

complaint filed by Plaintiffs 

Preservation Aviation, Inc., Jeffrey 

Pearson and Ann Pearson against the 

United States Environmental Protection 

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