Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 3, 2000 / Notices 25759

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on March

30, 2000, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States, et al. v. 745 Property

Investments, Inc. et al., No. 00–1215–

Civ–Seitz (S.D. Fla.), was lodged on

March 31, 2000 with the United States

District Court for the Southern District

of Florida.

In this action the United States sought

performance of work, and recovery of

costs incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, in

connection with responding to the

release and threatened release of

hazardous substances at the Anodyne

National Priorities List Site in Miami,

Florida. The consent decree resolves all

claims brought against defendants 745

Property Investments, Inc., Floyd

Abramson and Julius Golding the

partners of the, G.D.W. Partnership,

Ltd., and Prudential Insurance Company

of America (collectively, the ‘‘settlers’’).

The proposed consent decree

provides that the settlers will perform

the Zone 1 soils excavation and

monitoring program required by the

Record of Decision for the site, pay for

up to $100,000 of EPA’s oversight of

that portion of the remedial action, to

pay all of EPA’s other Future Response

Costs in connection with the Consent

Decree, and to pay $35,704.56 for Past

Costs, to resolve their liability to the

United States for response costs as

described above. The proposed consent

decree includes a covenant not to sue by

the United States under Sections 106

and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607, for the entire Site (Zones 1 and 2),

including all past and future costs.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

consent decrees. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington,

D.C. 20044–7611, and should refer to

United States, et al. v. 745 Property

Investments, Inc. et al., No. 00–0215–

Civ-Seitz (S.D. Fla.), DOJ Ref. #90–11–

2–881/1.

The proposed consent decrees may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Southern District of

Florida, 99 N.E. 4th Street, Miami,

Florida 33132, (305) 961–9329; the

Region 4 Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street,

S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303–8960. A copy

of the proposed Consent Decree may

also be obtained by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C.

20044–7611. In requesting copies please

refer to the referenced case and enclose

a check in the amount of $67.00 (25

cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environmental and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 00–11045 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4470–15–M

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION

BOARD

Appointment of Members to the

Performance Review Board

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection

Board.

ACTION: Notice of appointment of

members to the Performance Review

Board (PRB).

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the

names of the new and current members

of the Performance Review Board as

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). Lonnie

L. Crawford will continue as Chairman.

John Palguta, Robert Lawshe and Mary

Joyce Carlson have been appointed new

members. John Seal will continue to

serve on the PRB.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Nicholson, Personnel Officer,

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board,

1120 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20419.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–10958 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7400–01–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Advisory Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Combined Arts Advisory Panel, Design

section (Creativity, Organizational

Capacity & Public Works categories), to

the National Council on the Arts will be

held from June 1–2, 2000 in Room 716

at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,

DC 20506. A portion of this meeting,

from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on June 2nd, will

be open to the public for policy

discussion.

The remaining portions of this

meeting—from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June

1st, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

to 4 p.m. on June 2nd—are for the

purpose of Panel review, discussion,

evaluation, and recommendation on

applications for financial assistance

under the National Foundation on the

Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as

amended, including information given

in confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of May

12, 1999, these sessions will be closed

to the public pursuant to (c)(4)(6) and

(9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and, if

time allows, may be permitted to

participate in the panel’s discussions at

the discretion of the panel chairman and

with the approval of the full-time

Federal employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of AccessAbility, National

Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,

DC 20506, 202/682–5532, TDY–TDD

202/682–5496, at least seven (7) days

prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for

the Arts.

[FR Doc. 00–11027 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7537–01–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel,

ArtsREACH section, to the National

Council on the Arts will be held from

May 31–June 2, 2000 in Room 730 at the

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania