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sensing-derived monitoring products for 

the Arctic will provide participants an 

opportunity to generate a requirements 

document that defines remote sensing 

needs for the Arctic. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the Science Technical 

Advisory Panel through the Executive 

Director, North Slope Science Initiative. 

Each formal meeting will also have time 

allotted for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, 

transportation, or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

Executive Director, North Slope Science 

Initiative. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: September 20, 2013. 

Bud C. Cribley, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23586 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCON06000–L16100000–DQ0000] 

Notice of Resource Advisory Council 

Meetings for the Dominguez-Escalante 

National Conservation Area Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, notice is hereby 

given that the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Dominguez-Escalante National 

Conservation Area (NCA) Advisory 

Council (Council) is scheduled to meet 

as indicated below. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

October 22, 2013, and October 24, 2013. 

The meetings begin at 3 p.m. and will 

normally adjourn at 6 p.m. Any 

adjustments to the meetings will be 

advertised on the Dominguez-Escalante 

NCA Resource Management Plan (RMP) 

Web site, http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/ 

nca/denca/denca_rmp.html. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting on October 22 

will be held at the Bill Heddles 

Recreation Center, 530 Gunnison River 

Drive, Delta, CO 81416. The meeting on 

October 24 will be held at the Whitman 

Educational Center, 248 S. 4th St., 

Grand Junction, CO 81501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Collin Ewing, Advisory Council 

Designated Federal Official, 2815 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Phone: 

(970) 244–3049. Email: cewing@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, seven days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with the RMP process 

for the Dominguez-Escalante NCA and 

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness. 

Topics of discussion during the 

meetings may include informational 

presentations from various resource 

specialists working on the RMP, as well 

as Council reports on the following 

topics: recreation, fire management, 

land-use planning process, invasive 

species management, travel 

management, wilderness, land exchange 

criteria, cultural resource management 

and other resource management topics 

of interest to the Council raised during 

the planning process. 

These meetings are anticipated to 

occur monthly, and may occur as 

frequently as every two weeks during 

intensive phases of the planning 

process. Dates, times and agendas for 

additional meetings may be determined 

at future Council meetings, and will be 

published in the Federal Register, 

announced through local media and on 

the BLM’s Web site for the DominguezEscalante planning effort, www.blm.gov/ 

co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will have time 

allocated at the middle and end of each 

meeting to hear public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual, oral comments 

may be limited at the discretion of the 

chair. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23445 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000; Lease Sale 237] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska 

OCS Region, Chukchi Sea Planning 

Area, Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

237 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Information and 

Nominations. 

SUMMARY: This Call for Information and 

Nominations (‘‘Call’’) is the initial step 

in the prelease process for Lease Sale 

237 in the Chukchi Sea Planning Area, 

scheduled to be held in 2016, as 

included in the Proposed Final OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017 

(‘‘Five Year Program’’). The purpose of 

this Call is to obtain nominations and 

information on oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, and development that 

might result from an OCS oil and gas 

lease sale for the Chukchi Sea Planning 

Area. The lease sale area addressed in 

this Call (‘‘Program Area’’) is located 

offshore Alaska in the Chukchi Sea 

Planning Area. As identified in the Five 

Year Program, the Program Area is a 

sub-area of the larger Chukchi Sea 

Planning Area. 

DATES: All responses to the Call must be 

received no later than November 12, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael S. Rolland, Chief, Leasing 

Section, BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, 

3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823, or at 

(907) 334–5271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Five 

Year Program states: While BOEM has 

determined that it is appropriate to 

continue areawide leasing in the 

GOM. . . . BOEM will not be 

conducting areawide leasing in the 

Arctic, consistent with rigorous internal 

analysis as well as a number of outside 

recommendations to develop alternative 

leasing approaches for Arctic areas. 

Rather, potential sales are deliberately 

set late in the five year program 

schedule to allow for further analysis 

and information-gathering. These would 

be geographically targeted in scope, in 


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order to achieve an appropriate balance 

between making resources available 

while limiting conflicts with 

environmentally sensitive areas and 

subsistence use by making certain 

determinations from the outset about 

which blocks within the planning areas 

are most suitable for leasing. See, 

Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012– 

2017, page 94. 

In light of the targeted leasing strategy 

for the Arctic in the current Five Year 

Program, this Call differs in two ways 

from Calls issued in the Gulf of Mexico 

and in earlier Calls issued in the Alaska 

OCS Region under previous Five Year 

Programs: (1) Because the leasing will 

not be areawide, BOEM is requesting 

more specific nominations within the 

Program Area (as defined below), 

including specific support of those 

nominations in terms of geological and 

geophysical data, and (2) this Call is not 

accompanied by a Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (NOI). After BOEM identifies 

the area for the proposed lease sale 

based upon the information and 

nominations received from this Call, 

BOEM will initiate the formal National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

process through publication of an NOI. 

By proceeding in this order, BOEM will 

be able to use the information obtained 

through this Call in developing the 

proposed action and possible 

alternatives to be identified and scoped 

in the NOI. 

In addition to seeking area 

nominations, this Call is requesting 

information concerning geological 

conditions, including bottom hazards; 

archaeological sites on the seabed or 

nearshore; multiple uses of the Program 

Area, including navigation, recreation, 

and fisheries; and other socioeconomic, 

biological, and environmental 

information, including but not limited 

to, information regarding oil and gas 

resource potential, sensitive habitats, 

subsistence use, unique conditions, and 

important other uses of the Program 

Area. This Call and targeted leasing 

strategy also embraces the principles of 

an Integrated Arctic Management (IAM) 

approach as defined by the Interagency 

Working Group on Coordination of 

Domestic Energy Development and 

Permitting in Alaska in its Report to the 

President: Managing for the Future in a 

Rapidly Changing Arctic dated March 

2013. The IAM approach was also 

adopted as a key component of the 

President’s National Strategy for the 

Arctic Region, dated May 2013. 

Call for Information and Nominations 

1. Authority 

This Call is published pursuant to the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

(OCSLA), as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331– 

1356), and the regulations issued 

thereunder (30 CFR part 556). 

2. Purpose of This Call 

The purpose of this Call is to gather 

information to determine the Area 

Identification under 30 CFR 556.26 for 

Lease Sale 237 in the Program Area. 

BOEM seeks information and 

nominations on oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, development, and 

production in the Program Area from all 

interested parties. This early planning 

and consultation step is important to 

ensure that all interests and concerns 

are communicated to the U.S. 

Department of the Interior for 

consideration in future decisions in the 

leasing process pursuant to OCSLA and 

the regulations at 30 CFR part 556. 

3. Description of Program Area 

The Program Area is located offshore 

Alaska in the Chukchi Sea Planning 

Area. The Chukchi Sea Planning Area 

extends from the 3-nautical mile (4.8- 

kilometer) limit of State of Alaska 

waters, northward from approximately 

latitude 68° 30′ N to latitude 75° N, and 

from longitude 156° W (roughly north of 

the village of Barrow) on the east to the 

United States-Russia Provisional 

Maritime Boundary on the west at 

longitude 168° 58′ 37′′ W. As identified 

in the Five Year Program, the Program 

Area is a sub-area of the larger Chukchi 

Sea Planning Area. As depicted on the 

page-size map accompanying this Call, 

the southern boundary of the Program 

Area generally begins about 25 nautical 

miles offshore along the coastline, 

except near Barrow, where it begins 

approximately 50 nautical miles 

offshore. The northern boundary of the 

Program Area is approximately 300 

nautical miles from shore. Water depths 

vary from approximately 65 feet (20 

meters) to more than 13,100 feet (4,000 

meters) in the Program Area. This 

Program Area consists of approximately 

10,128 whole and partial blocks (about 

55.16 million acres, or 22.32 million 

hectares). A larger scale Call map 

showing the boundaries and blocks of 

the Program Area is available without 

charge on the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/leasesale237. 

Copies of Official Protraction Diagrams 

also are available without charge on the 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov/Oiland-Gas-Energy-Program/Mapping-andData/Alaska.aspx. 

4. Nominations on This Call 

Written nominations must be received 

no later than November 12, 2013. In 

their letters of nomination, interested 

parties should describe explicitly their 

interest by ranking the areas nominated 

according to priority using five interest 

classifications: (1) Critical interest, (2) 

high interest, (3) general interest, (4) low 

interest, or (5) no interest. The area(s) 

nominated must be described accurately 

and shown on the large-scale Call map 

available at http://www.boem.gov/

leasesale237. An interested party 

nominating areas for inclusion in the 

sale must provide a detailed explanation 

of the basis for classifying each 

nominated area as (1) through (5), 

including a summary of the relevant 

geologic, geophysical, and economic 

information. Interested parties are 

encouraged to be as specific as possible 

in prioritizing blocks and supporting 

nominations of specific blocks in the 

Program Area with detailed data and/or 

information. Interested parties should 

be prepared to discuss their range of 

interest classifications and anticipated 

activity regarding the nominated area(s). 

Interested parties are requested to 

provide the telephone number and 

name of the individual to contact. 

BOEM’s Alaska OCS Region office will 

contact this individual to set up a 

mutually agreeable meeting date and 

time to review more fully the interested 

parties level of interest where an area is 

classified as critical interest or high 

interest, and possibly as general interest. 

Submittals should indicate 

‘‘Nominations to Call for Chukchi Sea 

Lease Sale 237.’’ 

To avoid inadvertent release of 

proprietary information, interested 

parties should mark all documents and 

every page containing such information 

with ‘‘Confidential—Contains 

Proprietary Information.’’ To the extent 

a document contains a mix of 

proprietary and nonproprietary 

information, interested parties should 

mark clearly which portion of the 

document is proprietary and which is 

not. The OCSLA states that the 

‘‘Secretary shall maintain the 

confidentiality of all privileged or 

proprietary data or information for such 

period of time as is provided for in this 

subchapter, established by regulation, or 

agreed to by the parties’’ (43 U.S.C. 

1344(g)). BOEM considers each 

interested parties written nominations 

of specific blocks to be proprietary, and 

it will not release such information to 

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5. Exclusion Areas and Other Comments 

BOEM is seeking recommendations 

either to exclude specific blocks or areas 

from oil and gas leasing, or to be leased 

under special conditions due to 

conflicting values, uses or 

environmental concerns (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘proposed exclusion 

areas’’). Interested parties should 

indicate proposed exclusion areas on 

the large-scale Call map available at 

http://www.boem.gov/leasesale237. 

Interested parties also may use the 

interactive map tool for the Arctic at 

http://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-GasEnergy-Program/Leasing/Five-YearProgram/Lease-Sale-Schedule/

Interactive-Maps.aspx. Interested parties 

are encouraged to be as specific as 

possible in explaining why the area 

should be excluded or leased under 

special conditions, provide supporting 

information, and be prepared to discuss 

the proposed exclusion areas with 

BOEM. Interested parties are requested 

to provide the telephone number and 

name of the individual to contact. 

BOEM’s Alaska OCS Region office may 

contact this individual to set up a 

mutually agreeable meeting date and 

time to review more fully the proposed 

exclusion areas. 

BOEM also is seeking comments and 

information from all interested parties 

regarding areas that should receive more 

detailed consideration and analysis; 

geological conditions, including bottom 

hazards; archaeological sites on the 

seabed or nearshore; other uses of the 

Program Area, including navigation and 

subsistence; and other socioeconomic, 

biological, or environmental 

information. BOEM previously had 

received comments on the Program Area 

as part of the Five Year Program 

process. Those comments included 

information on the importance of Hanna 

Shoal and Herald Shoal. While already 

excluded from the Program Area, 

comments were also received on the Pt. 

Barrow area, Kaseguluk Lagoon, Peard 

Bay, the nearshore lead system, and the 

bowhead whale migration area. While 

BOEM will consider information 

submitted previously on the Five Year 

Program, BOEM also encourages 

interested parties who submitted 

comments on the Five Year Program to 

refine their earlier comments and 

provide greater detail or new 

information, where appropriate, 

concerning the importance of these 

areas or associated activities. 

6. Submissions of Nominations, 

Requests for Exclusion Areas, and Other 

Comments 

Interested parties who are requesting 

area(s) for inclusion in the sale should 

send their recommendations, along with 

an explanation of the basis of their 

interest priority, including a summary 

of the relevant geologic, geophysical, 

and economic information supporting 

their nomination, to: Chief, Leasing 

Section, BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, 

3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823. 

Requests for proposed exclusion areas 

or general proposed inclusion areas 

(absent a formal nomination) and all 

other comments to this Call, including 

general information from interested 

parties, Federal agencies, state and local 

governments, tribes, and other 

interested parties, will be accepted only 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

using docket designation BOEM–2013– 

0015. All comments received via this 

Web site, including names and 

addresses of the commenter, are public 

and will be posted for public review. 

BOEM will not consider anonymous 

comments. BOEM will make available 

all nonproprietary submissions in their 

entirety on http://www.regulations.gov. 

7. Tracking Table and Interactive Map 

In the Five Year Program, BOEM 

established a mitigation/program 

tracking table (hereinafter referred to as 

the ‘‘Table’’), which is designed to track 

the history and treatment of suggestions 

for inclusion or exclusion of acreage, 

temporal deferrals, and/or mitigation 

from the Five Year Program stage 

through the lease sale stage to the plan 

stage. This Table will allow commenters 

to see how and where their concerns are 

considered, while ensuring that a 

reasonable concern not suitable for 

consideration during one stage will be 

considered at an appropriate subsequent 

stage. The Table may be viewed at 

http://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-GasEnergy-Program/Leasing/Five-YearProgram/Lease-Sale-Schedule/TrackingTable.aspx. Appropriate suggestions 

collected during the comment period on 

this Call will be added to the Table and 

tracked throughout the process. 

Additionally, BOEM has created an 

interactive map through the 

Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (MMC) 

Web site for Alaska at http://

www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-EnergyProgram/Leasing/Five-Year-Program/

Lease-Sale-Schedule/InteractiveMaps.aspx. The MMC is an integrated 

marine information system that 

provides a more comprehensive look at 

geospatial data and ongoing activities 

and studies occurring in the area being 

considered. If interested parties believe 

that a data layer should be added for 

consideration, they should provide this 

information by following the 

commenting instructions above. 

Questions about the interactive map 

may be addressed to Donna Dixon, 

Chief, Leasing Division, at (703) 787– 

1215. 

8. Use of Information From This Call 

BOEM is undertaking a strategy of 

targeted leasing, whereby the BOEM 

Director will use the information 

provided in response to this Call to 

make an Area Identification decision. 

BOEM will consider nominations, 

proposed exclusion areas, and areas 

proposed to receive special 

consideration and analysis, in light of 

resource estimates, information 

regarding exploratory drilling, 

environmental reviews, and other 

relevant information. Using this 

information, BOEM plans to target 

leasing by proactively determining 

which specific portions of the Program 

Area offer greater resource potential, 

while minimizing potential conflicts 

with environmental subsistence 

considerations. 

Information submitted in response to 

this Call will be used to: 

• Determine the Area Identification 

under 30 CFR 556.26(a) and (b); 

• Develop potential lease terms and 

conditions; 

• Identify potential use conflicts and 

potential mitigation measures; and 

• Assist in planning the NEPA 

scoping process. 

9. Existing Information 

An extensive Environmental Studies 

Program, including environmental, 

social, and economic studies in the 

Chukchi Sea Planning Area, has been 

underway in the Alaska OCS Region 

since 1976. The emphasis has been on 

environmental characterization of 

biologically sensitive habitats, marine 

mammals, physical oceanography, 

ocean-circulation modeling, subsistence 

uses, and ecological and sociocultural 

effects of oil and gas activities. 

Information on the BOEM 

Environmental Studies Program, 

completed studies, and a program status 

report for continuing studies in this area 

is available on the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/akstudies, or it 

may be obtained from the Chief, 

Environmental Sciences Management 

Section, Alaska OCS Region, by 

telephone request at (907) 334–5200. 

NEPA analyses were prepared for 

previous OCS lease sales held in the 

Chukchi Sea Planning Area. Previous 


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NEPA analyses for Chukchi Sea lease 

sales and other actions are available at 

http://www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/

BOEM-Regions/Alaska-Region/

Environment/Environmental-Analysis/

Environmental-Impact-Statements-and-- 

Major-EnvironmentalAssessments.aspx. Currently, there are 

460 active OCS oil and gas leases in the 

Chukchi Sea Planning Area, 

encompassing an area of approximately 

2.7 million acres (1.0 million hectares). 

Information on the leases and other 

lease-related activities is available at 

http://www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/

BOEM-Regions/Alaska-Region/Leasingand-Plans/Index.aspx. 

Dated: September 23, 2013. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23670 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On September 19, 2013, the 

Department of Justice lodged a proposed 

Consent Decree with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United 

States v CITGO Petroleum Corporation, 

Case No. 4:13-cv-02762. 

The Consent Decree resolves the 

claims of the United States set forth in 

the complaint against CITGO Petroleum 

Corporation for violations of Section 

211 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7445, and the regulations promulgated 

thereunder at 40 CFR part 80 (the ‘‘fuels 

regulations’’), during production of 

gasoline at its Lake Charles, Louisiana, 

and Lemont, Illinois refineries. Under 

the proposed Consent Decree, CITGO 

has agreed to pay a civil penalty of 

$737,000 and to perform environmental 

mitigation projects valued at $500,000. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Consent Decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States of America v. CITGO 

Petroleum Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90– 

5–2–1–10162. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail ..... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ........ Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department Web site: http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_

Decrees.html. We will provide a paper 

copy of the Consent Decree upon 

written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please mail your 

request and payment to: Consent Decree 

Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $9.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Thomas P. Carroll, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23620 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Settlement Agreement Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On September 2, 2013, a proposed 

Settlement Agreement was lodged with 

the United States Bankruptcy Court for 

the Central District of California in the 

case entitled In re Halaco Engineering 

Company, Case No. 9:02–bk–12255–RR 

(Bankr. C.D. Cal.). 

In 2006, the United States, on behalf 

of the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration of the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘NOAA’’), 

and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the 

Department of Interior (‘‘FWS’’) filed in 

the above bankruptcy action a Proof of 

Claim for environmental response costs, 

natural resource damages, and natural 

resource damage assessment costs 

pursuant to Section 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607, 

relating to the Halaco Superfund Site in 

Oxnard, California. In 2010, the United 

States filed a Request for Payment of 

Environmental Response Costs as 

Chapter 7 Administrative Expenses and 

Updated Proof of Claim. Under the 

Settlement Agreement, the Chapter 7 

Bankruptcy Trustee has agreed to 

provide to EPA an allowed $335,686 

Chapter 7 administrative priority claim 

and an allowed $52,593,544 general 

unsecured claim; to NOAA, an allowed 

$487,199 general unsecured claim; and 

to FWS, an allowed $329,267 general 

unsecured claim. The Settlement 

Agreement further provides the United 

States with a judgment for the allowed 

claims above and an assignment of 

insurance rights and policies owned by 

the debtor, Halaco Engineering 

Company. The Settlement Agreement 

separately resolves non-CERCLA statelaw claims asserted in the bankruptcy 

action by the California Regional Water 

Quality Control Board, Los Angeles 

Region, and the California State Water 

Quality Control Board. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed settlement agreement. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to In re 

Halaco Engineering Company, Case No. 

9:02–bk–12255–RR (Bankr. C.D. Cal.), 

D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–2–08829. All 

comments must be submitted no later 

than thirty (30) days after the 

publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail ..... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ........ Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed consent decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department Web site: http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_

Decrees.html. We will provide a paper 

copy of the proposed consent decree 

upon written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please mail your 

request and payment to: Consent Decree 

Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $12.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Henry Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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