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functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and the assumptions used;

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information being sought;

4. Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time should be directed to:

Gerard W. Fischer, Assistant Director,

Torts Branch, Civil Division, P.O. Box

146, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

D.C. 20044–0146. Comments may also

be submitted to the Department of

Justice (DOJ), Justice Management

Division, Information Management and

Security Staff, Attention: Department

Clearance Officer, Suite 850,

Washington Center, 1001 G Street, N.W.,

Washington D.C. 20530.

Overview of This Information

Collection

1. Type of Information collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

2 Title of the Form/Collection: Claims

under the Radiation Exposure

Compensation Act.

3. Agency form number: None.

Applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: The Radiation Exposure

Compensation Unit, Constitutional and

Specialized Torts Branch, Civil

Division.

4. Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract:

Primary: Individuals or households.

Other: None. Information is needed to

determine whether an applicant is

eligible for a statutory compensation

payment under the Radiation Exposure

Compensation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2210 note

(1994). Applicants are persons who

reside near the Nevada Test Site, onsite

participants in an atmospheric nuclear

weapons test, and persons employed in

underground uranium mines.

5 An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 2,000 annual respondents at

2.5 hours per response.

6. An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 5,000 annual burden hours.

Public comment on the proposed

information is strongly encouraged.

Dated: November 24, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–31260 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’) of 1980

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v. Larry

A. Bell, et al., Civil Action No. 3–96–

CV–80047, was lodged on October 29,

1997, with the United States District

Court for the Southern District of Iowa,

Davenport Division.

The complaint alleges that defendants

Larry A. Bell (‘‘Bell’’) and Bell

Cedaridge Development, Inc. (‘‘Bell

Cedaridge’’) are liable for the United

States’ approximately $740,000 in

response costs at the Davenport Lead

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’), located at 5403

Ricker Hill Road, Davenport, Iowa,

pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA,

42 U.S.C. § 9607(a). The complaint also

includes an in rem action to recover

these costs, which are secured by a

CERCLA lien against the Site, pursuant

to Section 107(l) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

§ 9607(l).

The Site, a partially-wooded lot

owned by defendant Bell Cedaridge,

was used as a disposal site for ebonite

and other battery components in the

early 1970s. As a result, on-Site soils

were contaminated with lead at levels of

up to 27,300 mg/kg. The United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) incurred its approximately

$740,000 in response costs in this case

by conducting a removal action at the

Site in 1993.

The only valuable asset owned by Bell

and Bell Cedaridge is the Site itself,

which is appraised at approximately

$49,000. The Site is subject to an

approximate $25,000 mortgage and the

CERCLA lien that secures the United

States’ response costs. Under the

proposed consent decree, defendants

Bell and Bell Cedaridge shall sell the

Site and pay to United States the

proceeds from the sale, less costs of the

sale and amounts paid to secured

lienholders with lien interests superior

to the United States’ interest. In

exchange, the United States will grant

Bell and Bell Cedaridge a Covenant Not

to Sue for the claims set forth in the

complaint, and release the 107(l) lien

attached to 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 v. Larry A.

Bell, et al., DOJ Ref. #90–11–2–1008.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, District of Iowa, U.S.

Courthouse Annex, 110 E. Court

Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50304, (515)

284–6257; the Region VII Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS

66101, (913) 551–7010; 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 requiring a copy please refer

to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $9.00 (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. 97–31199 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v. The

Glidden Company, Civil Action No.

3:96CV7198, has been lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of Ohio on November

17, 1997.

The Consent Decree resolves the

claims alleged against defendant, The

Glidden Company (‘‘Glidden’’), under

the Clean Water Act (‘‘Act’’), 33 U.S.C.

§ 1251 et seq. The proposed Consent

Decree provides that Glidden shall

discharge process wastewaters from its

facility at 300 Sprowl Road, Huron, OH,

to the Erie County Sanitary Sewer

System, and shall comply with the

applicable National Pollutant Discharge
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Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) permit

and with standards contained in the

Consent Decree. The proposed decree

also provides that Glidden shall perform

a compliance program for the facility,

and submit reports regarding its

compliance with the Consent Decree.

The proposed Consent Decree also

provides for the payment by Glidden of

a civil penalty of $1,555,000 for its

alleged failures to comply with its

NPDES permit and with an EPA

Administrative Order.

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 of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044,

and should refer to United States v. The

Glidden Company, D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–

5062.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District

of Ohio, Four Seagate, Third Floor,

Toledo, OH 43604–2624, at the Office of

Regional Counsel, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region V, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, IL 60604, and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202)

624–0892. A copy of the proposed

Consent Decree may also be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$9.50 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs) payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.’’

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31198 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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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 consent

decree in United States v. Neville Land

Company, et al., Civil Action No. 97–

1683 (W.D. Pa.) was lodged on

September 17, 1997.

The proposed decree resolves the

claims of the United States under

Sections 106 and 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

§§ 9606 and 9607, for past response

costs and certain responses actions at

the Ohio River Park Superfund Site in

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The

decree obligates the Settling Defendants

to reimburse $495,943.66 of the United

States’ past response costs and to

perform the remedial action the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency has

selected for the first operable unit 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 v. Neville

Land Company, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90–11–

3–1723.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the United States

Department of Justice, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, 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 $26.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library. Attachments to

the proposed consent decree can be

obtained for additional amount.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31197 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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 that a consent decree that would

resolve the liability of one of four

defendants in United States of America

v. Jane A. Young, et al., Civil Action No.

95–4202–JPG (S.D. Ill.), was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

Southern District of Illinois on October

28, 1997.

The proposed consent decree

concerns alleged violations of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, as a result of

the discharge of dredged and fill

materials onto approximately 100 acres

of wetlands, in Hamilton County,

Illinois (‘‘Site’’), which is alleged to

constitute ‘‘waters of the United States.’’

The consent decree permanently enjoins

Jane A. Young from taking any actions,

or causing others to take any actions,

which result in the discharge of dredged

or fill material into waters of the United

States. The consent decree further

requires Jane A. Young to pay (a) A

$5,000.00 civil penalty and (b) $28,000

into an interest-bearing Registry

Account of the United States District

Court for the Southern District of

Illinois, to be used to conduct a wetland

restoration at the Site if the United

States obtains access to the Site through

litigation or other means. In addition,

the consent decree provides that if the

United States is not able to obtain access

to the Site to conduct a wetland

restoration, all funds in the Registry

Account (except for 10% of the interest

that is to be paid to the Court) will be

deposited by the Clerk of the Court into

the United States Treasury.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

consent decree for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this notice.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of

Justice, Attention: Steven E. Rusak, Trial

Attorney, Environmental Defense

Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington,

DC 20026–3986, and should refer to

United States of America v. Jane A.

Young, et al., DJ Reference No. 90–5–1–

6–580.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United

States District Court, United States

Courthouse, 301 West Main Street,

Benton, Illinois 62812.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division,

United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–31282 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Center for Waste

Reduction Technologies

Notice is hereby given that, on April

23, 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 Center for

Waste Reduction Technologies

(‘‘CWRT’’) and other participants in the