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environment and on humans dependent on

that environment.

Environmental Audit (EAU)—assessment

of environmental and related human impacts

of pre-existing or ongoing activities.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)—

comprehensive analytical effort designed to

anticipate environmental impacts of major

projects having the potential to have

significant, diverse and irreversible impacts

on the natural environment and on humans

dependent on that environment.

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)—

comprehensive analytical effort designed to

anticipate environmental impacts of major

federal actions affecting the global commons

outside of the jurisdiction of any nation.

Environmental Management and

Monitoring Plan (EMMP)—systematic

program designed to prevent, mitigate and

monitor anticipated environmental and

related human impacts of prospective and

ongoing activities.

Environmental Remediation Plan (ENR)—

systematic program designed to reverse

adverse environmental impacts of previous

activities at a site.

European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (EBRD)—multilateral

development bank established in 1990 to

assist in the economic, social and political

development of Central and Eastern Europe

and the New Independent States of the

former Soviet Union. Other members include

the European Community and the United

States.

Export-Import Bank of the United States

(Exim)—independent U.S. government

agency that helps finance the overseas sales

of U.S. goods and services.

Financial Intermediary (FI)—investment

fund, bank, or other financial institution that

lends directly to projects or investment funds

guaranteed or insured by OPIC that invest in

projects (‘‘subprojects’’) subject to OPIC

approval on policy grounds.

Foreign Assistance Act (FAA)—Foreign

Assistance Act of the United States

International Finance Corporation (IFC)—

affiliate of the World Bank group that makes

loans to and investments in private sector

projects in developing countries and

emerging markets.

ISO 14000—basic elements of an effective

environmental management system as

developed by the Technical Committee of the

International Standards Organization to

provide organizations worldwide with a

common approach to environmental

management.

Major Hazard Assessment (MHA)—

analytical tool used for identifying, analyzing

and controlling potential major hazards to

human health and safety resulting from

storage and processing of toxic and

hazardous substances.

World Bank (WB)—International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

James Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Administrative

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–2874 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–P

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 v. Atlas

Foundry Company, Inc., et al., Civil

Action No. 1:97 CV 0015, was lodged on

January 16, 1997, with the United States

District Court for the Northern District

of Indiana. The consent decree settles an

action brought under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601, et seq.,

(‘‘CERCLA’’) for the recovery of past

costs incurred by the United States in

responding to a release or threat of

release of hazardous substances at the

Marion/Bragg Landfill Superfund Site in

Grant County, Indiana (the ‘‘Site’’).

Under the terms of the proposed decree,

the settling defendants will pay the

United States $750,000 in settlement of

the United States’ past costs claims

against them.

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 v. Atlas

Foundry Company, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–3–251A.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District

of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division, 1300

South Harrison Street, Room 3128, Fort

Wayne, Indiana, 46802; the Region 5

Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, IL 60604; 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. 97–2904 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

and Settlement Agreement Pursuant to

the Clean Air Act

In accordance with the Clean Air Act,

42 U.S.C. § 7413(g) and Departmental

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

given that a proposed Consent Decree

and proposed Settlement Agreement in

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety,

Inc. & Patrick Jerome Chavez v. United

States Department of Energy & Siegfried

S. Hecker, Civil No. 94–1039 M

(D.N.M.), were lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of

New Mexico on January 14, 1997. Final

approval and entry of the proposed

Consent Decree and final approval of

the Settlement Agreement are subject to

the requirements of section 113(g) of the

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7413(g), and

the provisions of 28 C.F.R. § 50.7.

The Consent Decree and Settlement

Agreement resolve allegations that the

Los Alamos National Laboratory

(‘‘LANL’’), located in Los Alamos, New

Mexico, was not in full compliance with

the national emission standard for

radionuclides, as set forth at 40 C.F.R.

§§ 61.90–61.97 (‘‘Subpart H’’). Under

the proposed Consent Decree, the U.S.

Department of Energy would be

required to contract for, fund and

facilitate performance of comprehensive

independent technical audits described

in the Consent Decree, operate

additional AIRNET stations, add

thermoluminescent dosimeters to detect

gamma and thermal neutron emissions,

and to make a payment of $150,000 to

the U.S. Treasury. The proposed

Settlement Agreement would require, in

part, the U.S. Department of Energy to

fund a program at the University of New

Mexico and to conduct radiation

education training for the community.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree and

Settlement Agreement for a period of 30

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to Alan D. Greenberg, U.S. Department

of Justice, Environmental Defense

Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 945,

Denver, CO 80202, should refer to

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety,

Inc. & Patrick Jerome Chavez v. United

States Department of Energy & Siegfried

S. Hecker, Civil No. 94–1039 M

(D.N.M.), and should also make

reference to DJ# 90–5–2–1–1749A.

The proposed Consent Decree and

Settlement Agreement may be examined

at the Clerk’s Office, United States

District Court for the District of New

Mexico, 500 Gold Avenue, 10th Floor,

Albuquerque, NM 87102 or at the Los

Alamos National Laboratory Reading