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participate during this comment

opportuniy so that any substantive

comments are provided at a time when

the BLM can meaningfully consider

them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard W. Mayberry, Project

Coordinator, at address above, or

telephone (541) 947–2177. Copies of the

document may also be requested by

contacting Mr. Mayberry or Paul

Whitman at this same telephone

number.

Scott R. Florence,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–20445 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss

several issues including: general

concurrence on a CALFED Bay-Delta

Program watershed management plan;

update from the fact finding BDAC

Ecosystem Restoration Work Group and

discussion on the independent scientific

review of the CALFED Ecosystem

Restoration Program Plan; an update on

the activities of the Ecosystem

Restoration program and the Ecosystem

Roundtable subcommittee; an update

from the fact BDAC Assurances Work

Group; discussion on the detailed

evaluation of the Phase II alternatives

and comparison of several alternatives

using an sample decision matrix; and

other issues. The Ecosystem Roundtable

(a subcommittee of the BDAC) will meet

to discuss the following issues: an

update on the type and number of

proposals received as a result of the

1997 Category III Request for Proposals;

the evaluation and selection process for

the proposals; and future priorities and

schedule for the Restoration

Coordination Program. Interested

persons may make oral statements to the

BDAC or to the Ecosystem Roundtable

or may file written statements for

consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council

meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4,

1997. The Ecosystem Roundtable will

meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, August 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Bay-Delta Advisory Council

will meet at the Berkeley Marina

Marriott, 200 Marina Blvd., Berkeley,

CA 94710; Phone 510–548–7920. The

Ecosystem Roundtable will meet in

Room 1131, 1416 Ninth Street,

Sacramento, California.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

For the BDAC meeting, contact Sharon

Gross, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at

(916) 657–2666. For the Ecosystem

Roundtable meeting contact Kate

Hansel, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at

(916) 657–2666. If reasonable

accommodation is needed due to a

diability, please contact the Equal

Employment Opportunity Office at (916)

653–6952 or TDD (916) 653–6934 at

least one week prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San

Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin

Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a

critically important part of California’s

natural environment and economy. In

recognition of the serious problems

facing the region and the complex

resource management decisions that

must be made, the state of California

and the Federal government are working

together to stabilize, protect, restore,

and enhance the Bay-Delta system. The

State and Federal agencies with

management and regulatory

responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system

are working together as CALFED to

provide policy direction and oversight

for the process.

One area of Bay-Delta management

includes the establishment of a joint

State-Federal process to develop longterm solutions to problems in the BayDelta system related to fish and wildlife,

water supply reliability, natural

disasters, and water quality. The intent

is to develop a comprehensive and

balanced plan which addresses all of the

resource problem. This effort, the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program),

is being carried out under the policy

direction of CALFED. The CALFED BayDelta Program is exploring and the

developing a long-term solution for a

cooperative planning process that will

determine the most appropriate strategy

and actions necessary to improve water

quality, restore health to the Bay-Delta

ecosystem, provide for a variety of

beneficial uses, and minimize Bay-Delta

system vulnerability. A group of citizen

advisors representing California’s

agricultural, environmental, urban,

business, fishing, and other interests

who have a stake in finding long term

solutions for the problems affecting the

Bay-Delta system has been chartered

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA) as the Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on

the program mission, problems to be

addressed, and objectives for the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC

provides a forum to help ensure public

participation, and will review reports

and other materials prepared by

CALFED staff. BDAC has established a

subcommittee called the Ecosystem

Roundtable to provide input on annual

work plans to implement ecosystem

restoration projects and programs.

Minutes of the meetings will be

maintained by the CALFED Bay-Delta

Program, Suite 1155, 1416 Ninth Street,

Sacramento, California 95814, and will

be available for public inspection during

regular business hours, Monday through

Friday within 30 days following the

meeting.

Dated: July 29, 1997.

Roger Patterson,

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–20434 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection requests

for the titles described below have been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

requests describe the nature of the

information collections and their

expected burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 3, 1997, to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of either information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783. You

may also contact Mr. Trelease at

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

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

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities
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(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