Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 149 / Monday, August 4, 1997 / Notices 41975

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has

submitted two requests to OMB to

renew its approval of the collections of

information found at 30 CFR Part 769,

Petition process for designation of

Federal lands as unsuitable for all or

certain types of surface coal mining

operations and for termination of

previous designations, and 30 CFR part

773, Requirements for permits and

permit processing. OSM is requesting a

3-year term of approval for these

information collection activities.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for these collections of

information are 1029–0098 and 1029–

0041, respectively.

As required under 5 CFR 1302.8(d),

Federal Register notices soliciting

comments on these collections of

information were published on may 12,

1997 (62 FR 25970) for 30 CFR part 769,

and on May 14, 1997 (62 FR 26552), for

30 CFR part 773. No comments were

received from either notice. This notice

provides the public with an additional

30 days in which to comment on the

following information collection

activities:

Title: Petition process for designation

of Federal lands as unsuitable for all or

certain types of surface coal mining

operations and for termination of

previous designations—30 CFR part

769.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0098.

Summary: This part establishes the

minimum procedures and standards for

designating Federal lands unsuitable for

certain types of surface mining

operations and for terminating

designations pursuant to a petition. The

information requested will aid the

regulatory authority in the decision

making process to approve or

disapprove a request.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents: People

who may be adversely affected by

surface mining on Federal lands.

Total Annual Responses: 1.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 130.

Title: Requirements for permits and

permit processing, 30 CFR part 773.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0041.

Summary: The collections activities

for this part ensure that the public has

the opportunity to review permit

applications prior to their approval, and

that applicants for permanent program

permits or their associates who are in

violation of the Surface Mining

Reclamation Act do not receive surface

coal mining permits pending resolution

of their violations.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents:

Applicants for surface coal mining and

reclamation permits and State

governments and Indian Tribes.

Total Annual Responses: 450.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,765.

Send comments on the need for the

collections of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collections; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burdens on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collections of the

information, to the following addresses.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control number in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Also, please send a copy of your

comments to John A. Trelease, Office of

Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave,

NW, Room 201–SIB, Washington, DC

20240, or electronically to

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

Dated: July 29, 1997.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 97–20399 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act

In accordance with the policy of the

Department of Justice, 28 C.F.R. § 50.7,

and 42 U.S.C. § 9622(d)(2)(B), notice is

hereby given that a proposed Fifth

Partial Consent Decree in United States

v. GSF Energy, L.L.C., Civil Action No.

97–5440 JGD, was lodged on July 23,

1997, with the United States District

Court for the Central District of

California. That action was brought

pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act for cleanup and cost

recovery at the Operating Industries,

Inc. Superfund site in Monterey Park,

California.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the

settling parties, GSF Energy and Air

Products and Chemicals Inc., will pay

$1.762 million to resolve their liability

for the performance of remedial actions

at the Operating Industries site, and for

reimbursement of costs incurred and to

be incurred by the United States at the

site. Work is ongoing at the site to

perform the remedial actions by other

parties who have settled in previous

consent decrees for the same matters as

this consent decree.

As provided in 28 C.F.R. § 50.7 and 42

U.S.C. § 9622(d)(2)(B), the Department

of Justice will receive comments from

persons who are not named as parties to

this action relating to the proposed

Consent Decree for a period of thirty

days from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530. All comments

should refer to United States v. GSF

Energy, L.L.C., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–156I.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles

Street, Los Angeles, California 90012,

and at the Region IX office of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may also be

examined at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W. 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 624–0892.

A copy of the proposed Consent Decree

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $11.00 for a

copy of the consent decree (25 cents per

page reproduction costs) payable to

‘‘Consent Decree Library.’’

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–20405 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v.

Johnson Engineering, Inc. & Lee County

School Board, Civil No. 97–283–CIV–

FTM–24D (M.D. Fla.), was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

Middle District of Florida on July 23,

1997. The proposed Consent Decree

concerns alleged violations of sections

301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act,

33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a) and 1344, resulting

from the unauthorized discharge of fill

material into wetlands located within