Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 20 / Thursday, January 30, 1997 / Notices 4551

Activity/operator Location Date

Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Structure Removal

Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 97–001.

East Cameron Area, Block 219, Lease OCS–G 7652, 68 miles south of

Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

10/24/96

Blue Dolphin Exploration Company, Structure Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 97–002.Galveston Area, Block 288, Lease OCS 0709, 26 miles southeast of Galveston County, Texas.10/25/96

Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Structure

Removal Operations, SEA Nos. ES/SR 97–003,

97–004, and 97–017.

Vermilion Area, Block 31, Lease OCS–G 2868, 7 miles from Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.11/21/96

Samedan Oil Company, Structure Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 97–006.South Timbalier Area, Block 147, Lease OCS–G 4885, 32 miles southeast

of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

12/02/96

Santa Fe Energy Resources, Structure Removal

Operations, SEA Nos. ES/SR 97–009 and 97–

010.

Main Pass Area, Blocks 186 and 202, Leases OCS–G 7814 and 5714, 35

miles southeast of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

11/21/96

Hall-Houston Oil Company, Structure Removal

Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 97–018.

High Island Area, Block 234, Lease OCS–G 12545, 36 miles south of

Chambers County, Texas.

12/13/96

Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc., Structure Removal Operations, SEA Nos. ES/SR 97–011

through 97–015.

Chandeleur Area, East Addition; Blocks 22, 30, 31 and 34; Leases OCS–G

5739, 7834, 7835, and 5742; 40–43 miles south of Jackson County, Mississippi.

1/7/97

Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Structure

Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/ER 97–016.

Eugene Island Area, Block 49, Lease OCS–G 13618, 18 miles south of

Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

12/2/96

Persons interested in reviewing

environmental documents for the

proposals listed above or obtaining

information about EA’s and FONSI’s

prepared for activities on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS are encouraged to contact

the MMS office in the Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Information Unit, Information

Services Section, Gulf of Mexico OCS

Region, Minerals Management Service,

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394,

Telephone (504) 736–2519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS

prepares EA’s and FONSI’s for

proposals which relate to exploration

for and the development/production of

oil and gas resources on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS. The EA’s examine the

potential environmental effects of

activities described in the proposals and

present MMS conclusions regarding the

significance of those effects.

Environmental Assessments are used as

a basis for determining whether or not

approval of the proposals constitutes

major Federal actions that significantly

affect the quality of the human

environment in the sense of NEPA

Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared

in those instances where the MMS finds

that approval will not result in

significant effects on the quality of the

human environment. The FONSI briefly

presents the basis for that finding and

includes a summary or copy of the EA.

This notice constitutes the public

notice of availability of environmental

documents required under the NEPA

Regulations.

Dated: January 23, 1997.

Chris C. Oynes,

Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States of

America v. Braselman Corporation, et

al., Civil Action No. 96–0872 was

lodged on January 13, 1997 with the

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Louisiana.

In its Third Amended Complaint,

filed with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of

Louisiana, the United States alleges

under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, that

the defendant is liable for

reimbursement of response costs

incurred and to be incurred by the

United States at the Bayou Bonfouca

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) located in the

City of Slidell, St. Tammany Parish,

Louisiana.

Under the proposed Consent Decree,

Fleming American Investment Trust plc

(‘‘Fleming American’’), one of the eight

defendants listed in the Third Amended

Complaint, has agreed to pay the EPA

Hazardous Substance Superfund

(‘‘Superfund’’) $3,600,000 in

reimbursement of past and future

response costs. On December 24, 1996,

the United States moved to enter a

previous Consent Decree for the Site in

which Kerr-McGee Chemical

Corporation and Kerr-McGee

Corporation have agreed to pay

$20,000,000 to the Superfund. The

proposed Consent Decree between the

United States and Fleming American

does not resolve the potential liability of

the other five defendants at the Site.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

Consent Decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States of America

v. Braselman Corporation et al., DOJ

Ref. No. 90–11–2–803A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Hal Boggs Federal

Building, 501 Magazine Street, 2nd

Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130;

the Region VI Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733;

and 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, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy please refer

to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $6.75 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–2304 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

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