Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 155 / Tuesday, August 12, 1997 / Notices 43183

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal

National Heritage Corridor

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

upcoming meeting of the Delaware and

Lehigh Navigation Canal National

Heritage Corridor Commission. Notice

of this meeting is required under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463).

MEETING DATE AND TIME: Wednesday,

August 20, 1997; 1:30–4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Commission Offices, 10 E.

Church Street, Room P–205, Bethlehem,

PA 18018.

The agenda for the meeting will focus

on implementation of the Management

Action Plan for the Delaware and

Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor

and State Heritage Park. The

Commission was established to assist

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and

its political subdivisions in planning

and implementing an integrated strategy

for protecting and promoting cultural,

historic and natural resources. The

Commission reports to the Secretary of

the Interior and to Congress.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal

National Heritage Corridor Commission

was established by Pub. L. 100–692,

November 18, 1988.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Executive Director, Delaware and

Lehigh Navigation Canal, National

Heritage Corridor Commission, 10 E.

Church Street, Room P–208, Bethlehem,

PA 18018, (610) 861–9345.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Gerald R. Bastoni,

Executive Director, Delaware and Lehigh

Navigation Canal NHC Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Clean Water Act

Under 28 CFR § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on August 1, 1997, a

proposed consent decree in United

States v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and

Sewer Authority, et al., Civil No. 96–

2489, was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of Puerto

Rico.

In this action, the United States

sought civil penalties and injunctive

relief from the Puerto Rico Aqueduct

and Sewer Authority (‘‘PRASA’’)

because its Mayagu ̈ ez Regional

Wastewater Treatment Plant

(‘‘Mayagu ̈ ez WWTP’’), in Mayagu ̈ ez,

Puerto Rico, continuously violated the

effluent limitations of its National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(‘‘NPDES’’) permit since 1987 and

violated monitoring and reporting

requirements for nitrogen and sulfide

since 1992. The Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico is a defendant in this action

pursuant to Section 309(e) of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(e).

Mayagu ̈ ezanos por la Salud y el

Ambiente intervened as a plaintiff in

this action on April 8, 1997.

The consent decree resolves the

United States’ claims against PRASA.

PRASA will pay $150,000 in civil

penalties. In addition, PRASA will

perform injunctive relief, including: (1)

Constructing secondary treatment

facilities and any other treatment

facilities necessary to achieve

compliance with NPDES Permit No.

PR0023795 or its successor permit or, if

authorized by Congress and EPA,

constructing facilities to extend the

discharge point for the Mayagu ̈ ez

WWTP from its present location in

Mayagu ̈ ez Bay to a point farther out to

sea; (2) complying with interim effluent

limitations; (3) limiting new sewer

connections to the Mayagu ̈ ez WWTP;

and (4) paying $400,000 over three years

to the Mayagu ̈ ez Watershed Initiative in

order to develop and implement a

comprehensive watershed management

plan for the Mayagu ̈ ez Watershed.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of sixty (60) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the consent decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. Puerto Rico

Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, et al.,

D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–4233.

The consent decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, District of Puerto Rico,

Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos E.

Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

00918; at the United States

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region II, 290 Broadway, New York,

New York 10007; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202)

624–0892. A copy of the consent decree

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington,

DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $8.00

(25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Proposed Modification of Consent

Judgment

Notice is hereby given that plaintiff

the United States of America (‘‘United

States’’) has filed with the United States

District Court for the Southern District

of New York a motion to modify the

Consent Judgment (Foreign) in United

States v. American Society of

Composers, Authors, and Publishers

(ASCAP), Civ. Action No. 42–245.

ASCAP consents to modification of the

Consent Judgment. The United States

has reserved the right to withdraw its

consent based on public comments.

The Complaint in this case (filed on

June 23, 1947) alleged that ASCAP

through its membership in the

International Confederation of Societies

of Composers and Authors (CISAC) and

various cross-licensing agreements with

foreign performing rights societies: (1)

Unreasonably restrained foreign and

interstate trade in musical performing

rights; (2) attempted to and established

monopolies for ASCAP and other

foreign societies; (3) denied other

musical performing rights societies

access to repertories, thereby impairing

their ability to compete; (4) retarded the

introduction of foreign musical

compositions in the United States; and

(5) hampered the international exchange

of music and culture. The United States

alleged ASCAP’s conduct violated

Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15

U.S.C. 1 and 2.

The Consent Judgment, entered on

March 14, 1950, prohibited ASCAP from

being a CISAC member and required

ASCAP to terminate twenty-four crosslicensing agreements with foreign

performing rights societies. The Consent

Judgment also established provisions

governing the terms under which

ASCAP could enter into cross-licensing

agreements with foreign performing

rights societies. The United States

proposes that these provisions be

eliminated because they are no longer

necessary to protect competition. The
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United States also proposes that the

Consent Judgment be amended to

permit ASCAP to collect home taping

royalties collected by foreign performing

rights societies on behalf of ASCAP

members. The proposed modifications

have no effect on other provisions of the

Consent Judgment, which will remain in

effect: (1) Requiring ASCAP to hold

musical performing rights on a nonexclusive basis; and, (2) prohibiting

ASCAP from interfering with an ASCAP

member’s right to license directly.

The United States has filed with the

Court a memorandum setting forth the

reasons why it believes that

modification of the Consent Judgment

serves the public interest. Copies of the

United States’ application to Modify the

Consent Judgment, Memorandum in

Support, Stipulation and Order, and

proposed Order Modifying the Consent

Judgment, and all further papers filed

with the Court in connection with this

motion will be available for inspection

at Room 200, Antitrust Division,

Department of Justice, 325 Seventh

Street, NW., Washington DC 20530,

(202.514.2481), and at the Office of the

Clerk of the United States District Court

for the Southern District of New York,

300 Quarropas Street, White Plains,

New York 10601–4150. Copies of any of

these materials may be obtained from

the Antitrust Division upon request and

payment of the copying fee set by

Department of Justice regulations.

Interested persons may submit

comments regarding the proposed

modification of the consent judgment to

the Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division. Such comments must be

received by the Division within sixty

(60) days and will be filed with the

court. Comments should be addressed to

Mary Jean Moltenbrey, Antitrust

Division, Department of Justice, 325

Seventh Street, NW., Room 300,

Washington, DC 20530 (202.616.5935).

Rebecca P. Dick,

Deputy Director of Operations.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993: Appliance Industry—

Government CFC Replacement

Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on June

27, 1997, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The

Appliance Industry-Government CFC

Replacement Consortium, Inc.

(‘‘Corporation’’) filed notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

participants’ status. The notifications

were filed for the purpose of extending

the Act’s provisions limiting the

recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual

damages under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the following have become

additional participants of the

Corporation: Marvel Industries, a

division of Northland Corporation,

Richmond, IN; Goldschmidt Chemical

Company, Hopewell, VA; Air Products

& Chemicals, Elburn, IL; and Witco

Corporation, Greenwich, CT. In

addition, Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh,

PA has acquired the styrenics business

unit of Monsanto Corporation,

Springfield, MA (effective January 3,

1996), with Bayer Corporation being the

sole surviving corporation. As a request

of the acquisition, the rights and

obligations of Monsanto as a participant

in the Corporation have been transferred

to Bayer as of that date.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the Corporation.

On September 19, 1989, the

Corporation filed its original

notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on November 1, 1989 (54 FR 46136).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on July 1, 1993. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register on August 17, 1993 (58 FR

43655).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1933—ECC Development

Program

Notice is hereby given that, on June

27, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), ECC

Development Program (the ‘‘Program’’)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities

of the parties and (2) the nature and

objectives of the venture. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting

the recorder of antitrust plaintiffs to

actual damages under specified

circumstances. Pursuant to § 6(b) of the

Act, the identities of the parties are:

Cygnus Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA;

Matsushita Electronics Corporation,

Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617, Japan; Toshiba

Corporation, Kanagwa-ken 210, Japan;

Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA.

The ECC Development Program’s area

of planned activity is to develop and

promote open standard technologies for

embedded software. The ECC

Development Program hopes to

contribute to the growth of

microncontrollers and industries that

depend on microcontrollers. The ECC

Development Program participants plan

to engage in all necessary activities to

accomplish the goal and objectives

described above, including without

limitation: (1) Developing and refining

software specifications; (2) conducting

cooperative research on and testing

these specifications, (3) publishing and

certifying these specifications; (4)

disseminating these specifications to

interested parties for their use in

designing and producing compatible

products; (5) developing publications

and informational materials relating to

the activities of this Program; and (6)

engaging in other activities to promote

the technology.

Membership in the ECC Development

Program will remain open and ECC will

file additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–21234 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Financial Services

Technology Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on June

25, pursuant to § 6(a) of the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq.

(‘‘the Act’’), the Financial Services

Technology Consortium, Inc.

(‘‘Consortium’’), has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership and area of planned