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the EIS is a ‘‘delegated’’ EIS. The

responsible official is John J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West Region,

National Park Service.

DATES: Public scoping meetings will be

held on Tuesday, June 20, 2000, 6:30–

8:30 p.m. at the REI Seattle Flagship

Store, Second Floor Meeting Room, 222

Yale Avenue North, Seattle, WA, and

Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 2:30–5:00

p.m. and again at 7:00–9:00 p.m., at the

Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 NW

Alexander Street, Coupeville, WA.

Written comments on the scope of the

issues and alternatives to be analyzed in

the GMP/EIS should be received no later

than August 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the GMP/EIS should be sent

to Reserve Manager, Ebey’s Landing

National Historical Reserve, P.O. Box

774, Coupeville, WA 98239–0774, or email to ebla_administration@nps.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reserve Manager, Ebey’s Landing

National Historical Reserve, at (360)

678–6084, or NPS Reserve Liaison at

(206) 220–4138.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

William C. Walters,

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12704 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Boston Harbor Islands Advisory

Council; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (PL 92–463) that the Boston Harbor

Islands Advisory Council will meet on

Wednesday, June 7, 2000. The meeting

will convene at 4 p.m. at the United

States Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way,

Jury Room II, Boston, Massachusetts.

The Advisory Council was appointed

by the Director of National Park Service

pursuant to Public Law 104–333. The 28

members represent business,

educational, cultural, and

environmental entities; municipalities

surrounding Boston Harbor; Boston

Harbor advocates; and Native American

interests. The purpose of the Council is

to advise and make recommendations to

the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership

with respect to the development and

implementation of a management plan

and the operation of the Boston Harbor

Islands National Recreation Area.

The Agenda for this meeting is as

follows:

1. Approval of minutes from March 2,

2000.

2. Discuss and plan reportcard.

3. Discussion on the draft General

Management Plan.

The meeting is open to the public.

Further information concerning Council

meetings may be obtained from the

Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentations to the Council or

file written statements. Such requests

should be made at least seven days prior

to the meeting to: Superintendent,

Boston Harbor Islands NRA, 408

Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA, 02110,

telephone (617) 223–8667.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

George E. Price, Jr.,

Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands NRA.

[FR Doc. 00–12702 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board: Meeting Cancellation

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that the

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board that was scheduled to

meet May 22, 2000, in Santa Fe, New

Mexico is cancelled.

The Board was to meet Monday, May

22 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the

DeVargas room of the Hotel St. Francis,

201 Don Gasper Avenue, Santa Fe, New

Mexico. Matters to be discussed were to

include, officer and committee reports;

consideration of present and future

NCPTT programs; consideration of

NCPTT mission and long-range plan,

assess the accomplishment of the

board’s first six years; and the election

of officers for two-year terms. The board

meeting will be rescheduled at a later

time.

Persons wishing more information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements, may do so by

contacting Mr. E. Blaine Cliver, Chief,

HABS/HAER, National Park Service,

1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC

20240, telephone: (202) 343–9573.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Eric DeLong,

Acting Chief, HABS/HAER, Designated

Federal Official, National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 00–12699 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of

CERCLA

Notice is hereby given that on May 5,

2000, the United states lodged a

proposed Consent Decree with the

United States District Court for the

Southern district of Texas in United

States and State of Texas v. Alpha

Metals, Inc., et al., Civ. A. No. G–00250,

in connection with related case Amoco

Chemical Co., et al. v. United States, et

al., Civ. A. No. G–96–272 (consolidated

with Civ. A. No. G–96–247), pursuant to

sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. The proposed

Consent Decree resolves civil claims of

the United States and the State of Texas

against settling generator defendants

and settling former owner/operator

defendants, and contribution claims

against settling federal agencies,

regarding the Tex Tin Superfund Site—

a former tin and copper smelter and

metals reclamation facility established

during WWII—located in Texas City,

Texas. Under the proposed Consent

Decree, settling defendants agree to

perform the cleanup of the Tex Tin Site,

financed in substantial part by settling

federal agencies, at an estimated cost of

approximately $27 million. In addition,

the settling parties agree, among other

things, to finance a proposed remedy

addressing continued erosion in the

Swan Lake Marsh are near Galveston

Bay, pay natural resource damages

relating to losses and injuries in the

Swan Lake Marsh area, and reimburse

Amoco Chemical Company for past

response costs for work it performed at

the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Consent Decree for 30 days following

publication of this Notice. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, United

States Department of Justice, P.O. Box

7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

DC 20044–7611, and should refer to

United States and State of Texas v.

Alpha Metals, Inc., et al., DOJ No. 90–

11–3–1669. The proposed Consent

Decree may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney for the

Southern District of Texas, Houston,

Texas, and the Region VI Office of the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202. A copy of the proposed

Consent Decree may be obtained by mail

from the Department of Justice Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a