Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 114 / Thursday, June 14, 2007 / Notices 32865 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on June 1, 

2007, a proposed consent decree was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of Iowa 

in United States v. MidAmerian Energy 

Company and the City of LeMars, Iowa, 

Civil Action No. 07–4045. The proposed 

consent decree would resolve civil 

claims alleged in a complaint filed 

simultaneously with the degree, 

asserting liability against MidAmerican 

Energy Company (MidAmerican) and 

city of LeMars under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA). 

The United States’ complaint, brought 

pursuant to CERCLA Section 107, 42 

U.S.C. 9607, seeks recovery of response 

costs incurred or to be incurred by the 

United States for certain response 

actions taken at or in connection with 

the release or threatened release of 

hazardous substances at the LeMars 

Coal Gas Superfund Site in LeMars, 

Plymouth County, Iowa. The proposed 

consent decree would resolve those 

claims against MidAmerican and the 

City of Le Mars. 

Under the proposed consent decree 

MidAmerican will pay $3.1 million and 

the City of LeMars will pay $1.5 million 

to the United States. The consent decree 

incorporates an administrative order 

that the City of LeMars agreed to enter 

into to assist EPA’s response actions by 

performing work and providing 

institutional controls at the Site. In 

exchange for the payment of response 

costs and the performance of work the 

decree would provide MidAmerican 

and the City of LeMars with respective 

covenant not to sue, and the defendants 

would grant a covenant not to sue to the 

United States. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree for a period of thirty (30) 

days from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044, and should refer to United States 

v. MidAmerican Energy Company and 

the City of LeMars, Iowa, D.J. Ref. No. 

90–11–2–08214. (Public comments may 

be submitted by e-mail to the following 

e-mail address: pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov.) 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, 401 First Street, SE., 

Suite 400, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401–

1825, and U.S. EPA Region, 7901 North 

5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 

During the public comment period, the 

consent decree also may be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

consent decree also may be obtained by 

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044, or by emailing or faxing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov.), 

fax number (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please provide a check 

in the amount of $42 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Robert E. Maher, Jr., 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environmental and 

Natural Resoures Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–2932 Filed 6–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

June 8, 2007. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax: 

202–395–6974 (these are not a toll-free 

numbers), within 30 days from the date 

of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title: Safety Standards for 

Underground Coal Mine Ventilation—

Belt Entry Used as an Intake Air Course 

to Ventilate Working Sections and Areas 

Where Mechanized Mining Equipment 

is Being Installed. 

OMB Number: 1219–0138. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Response: Reporting and 

Recordkeeping. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profit (mining 

industry). 

Number of Respondents: 45. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 44,768. 

Average Response Time: Varies. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

9,083. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $87,137. 

Description: Section 103(h) of the 

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 

1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 813, 

authorizes MSHA to collect information 

necessary to carryout its duty in 

protecting the safety and health of 

miners. 

The Safety Standards for 

Underground Coal Mine Ventilation—

Belt Entry rule provides safety 

requirements for the use of the conveyor 

belt entry as a ventilation intake to 

course fresh air to working sections and 

areas where mechanized mining 

equipment is being installed or removed 

in mines with three or more entries. 

This rule is a voluntary standard. If the 

mine operators choose to use belt air to 


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