31602 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 97 / Thursday, May 18, 2000 / Notices

or by telephone at (916) 978–5215 (TDD

978–5608).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

provision of Section 3405(e) of the

CVPIA (Title 34 Pub. L. 102–575), ‘‘The

Secretary [of the Interior] shall establish

and administer an office on Central

Valley Project water conservation best

management practices that shall * * *

develop criteria for evaluating the

adequacy of all water conservation

plans developed by project contractors,

including those plans required by

section 210 of the Reclamation Reform

Act of 1982.’’ Also, according to Section

3405(e)(1), these criteria will be

developed ‘‘* * * with the purpose of

promoting the highest level of water use

efficiency reasonably achievable by

project contractors using best available

cost-effective technology and best

management practices.’’

The Criteria states that all parties

(Contractors) that contract with

Reclamation for water supplies

(municipal and industrial contracts over

2,000 irrigable acre-feet and agricultural

contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) will

prepare Plans which will be evaluated

by Reclamation based on the following

required information detailed in the

sections listed below to develop,

implement, monitor, and update their

Plans. The sections are:

1. Description of the District

2. Inventory of Water Resources

3. Best Management Practices (BMPs)

for Agricultural Contractors

4. BMP’s for Urban Contractors

5. Plan Implementation

6. Exemption Process

7. Regional Criteria

8. 5-Year Revisions

Public comment on Reclamation’s

preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of

both the City of Roseville’s and El

Dorado Irrigation District’s Plans are

invited at this time. A copy of both

Plans will be available for review at

Reclamation’s MP Regional Office

located in Sacramento, California, and

MP’s Central California Area Office

located in Folsom, California. If you

wish to review a copy of the plan,

please contact Ms. Billingsley to find

the office nearest you.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Mary Johannis,

Acting Regional Resources Manager, MidPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12350 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Refuge Water Supply Long-Term Water

Service Agreements

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) has scheduled the first

meeting for long-term water service

contracts with the California

Department of Fish and Game,

Grassland Water District (representing

the Grasslands Resources Conservation

District), and long-term memoranda of

understanding with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service. This first meeting will

include distribution of the draft

agreements, establishing each party’s

negotiation team, and setting the

schedule for future negotiation sessions.

The public is welcome to observe the

meeting process.

DATES: The first meeting will be held on

Thursday, May 18, 2000 from 10 a.m. to

1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Expo Inn, 1413 Howe Avenue,

Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan

Yarborough, Reclamation, at (916) 978–

5516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The water

service contractual agreements are to

provide ‘‘firm water supplies of suitable

quality to maintain and improve

wetland habitat areas on units of the

National Wildlife Refuge System in the

Central Valley of California; on the Gray

Lodge, Los Banos, Volta, North

Grasslands, and Mendota state wildlife

management areas; and on the

Grasslands Resources Conservation

District in the Central Valley of

California,’’ in accordance with the

requirements of section 3406(d) of the

Central Valley Project Improvement Act

(CVPIA). Before the enactment of the

CVPIA, most of the Federal, State and

local refuges identified above did not

have firm water supplies to meet

optimum refuge water management

needs (Level 4 needs). The negotiation

process that commences on May 18,

2000, is intended to yield new long-term

refuge water service agreements to

supply up to Level 4 needs. In some

cases, these new agreements may

replace existing agreements.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Mary Johannis,

Acting Regional Resources Manager, MidPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12349 Filed 5–15–00; 5:09 pm]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

in Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act Cost Recovery Action

In accordance with the Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a Consent Decree in United

States v. Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford

Motor Company, and SPS Technologies,

Inc., Civil Action No. 00–CV–2248 was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania on May 2, 2000. This

Consent Decree resolves certain claims

of the United States against Cytec

Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company,

and SPS Technologies (‘‘Settling

Defendants’’) under Sections 106 and

107(a) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

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

9606 and 9607(a), for performance of

Operable Unit 1 response action and for

Operable Unit 1 future response costs at

the Boarhead Farms Superfund Site

located in Bridgeton Township,

Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree

requires the Settling Defendants to

perform all Operable Unit 1 activities

(as defined in the Decree) and to pay all

Future Response Costs relating to

Operable Unit 1 activities at the

Boarhead Farms Superfund Site.

The Department of Justice will accept

written comments on the proposed

Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from

the date of publication of this notice.

Please address comments to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, P.O.

Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, DC 20044 and refer to

United States v. Cytec Industries, Inc.,

Ford Motor Company, and SPS

Technologies, Inc., DOJ #90–11–2–

06036.

Copies of the proposed Consent

Decree may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, Eastern

District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained by mail from the U.S.

Department of Justice, Consent Decree

Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC