5654 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 1997 / Notices

Room, 1350 Central Avenue, Suite 101,

Los Alamos, NM 87544, (505) 665–2122

or (800) 343–2342.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, notice is hereby

given of a consent decree lodged on

November 13, 1996, United States v.

Maine Department of Transportation,

Bridgecorp, Robert Wardwell & Sons,

Inc., and T.Y. Lin International, Civ.

Act. No. 96–0249–B (D. Maine). The

proposed decree concerns alleged

violations of Sections 301 and 404 of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311 and

1344, as the result of defendants’

unlawful discharge of dredged or fill

material onto jurisdictional wetlands at

the site of a proposed cargo terminal

(the ‘‘Terminal Site’’) and in the course

of construction of an access road to the

Terminal Site (the ‘‘Access Road’’) on

Sears Island, Waldo County, Maine. The

Sierra Club and the Conservation Law

Foundation have intervened in the case

and are signatories to the consent

decree.

The terms of the consent decree

include the following: (a) The

defendants are permanently enjoined

from discharging fill materials in waters

of the United States at the Terminal Site

and the Access Road, except in

compliance with applicable permits; (b)

the defendants are required to pay a

$10,000 civil penalty; (c) defendant

Maine Department of Transportation

(‘‘Maine DOT’’) will restore

approximately 3.2 acres of filled

wetlands and create a number of vernal

pools at the Terminal Site; (d) Maine

DOT will create or enhance

approximately 17 acres of riparian

wetlands and associated uplands at

Dyer Creek in Newcastle, Lincoln

County, Maine, (e) Maine DOT will

restore and enhance approximately

three-quarters of an acre of degraded

former wetland on the south-central

portion of Sears Island; and (f) Maine

DOT will fund a supplemental

environmental project, providing at

least $100,000 for the acquisition of one

or more properties located in the

Ducktrap River watershed in Maine

through the Land for Maine’s Future

Board.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comment on this consent decree

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, U.S. Department of

Justice, Attention: Daniel W. Pinkston,

Environmental Defense Section. P.O.

Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026–

3986, and should refer to United States

v. Maine Dept. of Transportation, et al.,

DJ Reference No. 90–5–1–1–4184.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Consent Decree Library,

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

Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy of the consent decree with

attachments, please enclose a check in

the amount of $14.25. In addition to the

Consent Decree Library, the consent

may be viewed at the EPA New England

Library, located on the Eleventh Floor,

One Congress Street, Boston,

Massachusetts, and the Office of the

Clerk of the United States District Court

for the District of Maine, Room 357, 202

Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division,

United States Department of Justice.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

United States v. Tenneco Oil Company

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that, on January 22, 1997 a

Consent Decree was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Western District of Oklahoma in United

States v. Tenneco Oil Company, Civil

Action No. CIV–96–017–C, an action

under Section 1431(a) of the Safe

Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300i(a)

for provision of an alternative water

supply for the Sac and Fox Indian

Nation and damages for contamination

of the aquifer.

The proposed Decree is designed to

remedy contamination of the lands and

groundwater of the Sac and Fox in

Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The Decree

provides for the purchase and

conveyance by Tenneco to the Sac and

Fox of specified parcels of land in order

to provide an adequate, alternative

source of drinking water; installation of

a river water intake to provide

agricultural irrigation; and the

reforestation of a pecan grove. The

Decree also provides for the payment of

$1,160,000 to the Sac and Fox, both for

their discretionary use and for dedicated

projects for the clean-up of tribal lands.

Finally, the proposed Decree resolves

the liability of Tenneco for specified oil

and gas related claims by the United

States and the Sac and Fox Nation.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Decree for thirty (30) days

from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Tenneco

Oil Company,. DOJ #90–6–6–137.

Copies of the Decree may be

examined at the offices of the United

States Attorney for the Western District

of Oklahoma, 210 West Park Avenue,

Suite 400, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73102; the Untied States Environmental

Protection Agency—Region VI, 1445

Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas,

75202; the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, NW 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624–0892; and the Sac

and Fox Library, Sac and Fox Nation,

Route 2, Stroud, Oklahoma 74079.

Copies of the Consent Decree may be

obtained from the Consent Decree

Library. In requesting copies, please

enclose a check in the amount of $11.50

(25 cents per page) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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National Institute of Corrections

Advisory Board Meeting

Time and Date: 8:00 a.m., Tuesday,

February 25, 1997.

Place: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Status: Open.

Matters To Be Considered: Updates on

the Violent Offender and Truth in

Sentencing Grant Program, the District

of Columbia Department of Corrections

Studies, the NIC Executive Excellence

Program, The NIC budget, NIC’s all-staff

meeting, and the survey on supermaximum prisons. A report on NIC’s

strategic planning will be given, and

new officers for the Board will be

elected.

For More Information Contact: Larry

Solomon, Deputy Director, (202) 307–

3106, ext. 155.

George Keiser,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 97–2920 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

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