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North Carolina, at U.S. EPA Region IV,

61 Forsythe St., N.E., Atlanta, GA

30303, and at the Consent Decree

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

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. A copy of the partial 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. When

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $9.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–30540 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement

Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation, and Liability

Act

In accordance with Departmental

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

given that a proposed Settlement

Agreement in In re: The Railway

Reorganization Estate, Inc. F/K/A The

Delaware and Hudson Railway Co., Case

No. 88–342, was lodged on October 27,

1997 in the United States Bankruptcy

Court for the District of Delaware.

The Settlement Agreement resolves

the United States’ claim, pursuant to

Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42

U.S.C. § 9607, for response costs

incurred and to be incurred by EPA at

the Quanta Resources Syracuse

Superfund Site (‘‘the Site’’) in Syracuse,

New York. Under the Settlement

Agreement, which remains subject to

Bankruptcy Court approval, the United

States will receive $15,000 in

reimbursement of response costs

incurred and to be incurred by EPA 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

Settlement Agreement. 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 In re: The

Railway Reorganization Estate, Inc., F/

K/A The Delaware and Hudson Railway

Co., DOJ Ref. #90–11–3–848E.

The proposed Settlement Agreement

may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney in Wilmington,

Delaware, the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York; 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. In requesting a

copy please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check made payable to the

Consent Decree Library in the amount of

$2.25 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs).

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environmental and

Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department

of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–30541 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; Advanced Lead-Acid

Battery Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 16, 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

Advanced Lead-Acid Battery

Consortium (‘‘ALABC’’), a program of

International Lead Zinc Research

Organization, Inc., filed written

notification simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. The notification was filed

for the purpose of extending the Act’s

provisions limiting the recovery of

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages

under specified circumstances.

Specifically, Amara Raja Batteries, Ltd.,

Tiiupati AP, INDIA, has made a

commitment to the Consortium. C&D

Charter Power Systems, Inc.,

Conshohocken, PA, has changed its

name to C&D Technologies.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the Consortium. Membership

in the Consortium remains open and

ALABC intends to file additional

written notification disclosing any

future changes in membership.

On June 15, 1992, the ALABC 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 July 29, 1992, 57 FR 33522. The

last notification was filed with the

Department on July 24, 1997. A notice

was published in the Federal Register

on September 10, 1997, 62 FR 47689.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–30535 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. 97–13]

Vincent A. Piccone, M.D.; Revocation

of Registration

On February 25, 1997, the Deputy

Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA), issued an Order

to Show Cause to Vincent A. Piccone,

M.D., (Respondent), of Staten Island,

New York, notifying him of an

opportunity to show cause as to why

DEA should not revoke his DEA

Certificate of Registration AP3110765,

and deny any pending applications for

renewal of such registration as a

practitioner pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823(f)

and 824(a)(3), for reason that he is not

currently authorized to handle

controlled substances in the State of

New York.

By letter dated March 14, 1997,

Respondent, through counsel, timely

filed a request for a hearing, and the

matter was docketed before

Administrative Law Judge Gail A.

Randall. On March 25, 1997, the

Government filed a Motion for

Summary Disposition, alleging that

effective September 18, 1995, the

Administrative Review Board of the

State of New York, Department of

Health, State Board for Professional

Medical Conduct (Board), sustained the

decision of the Board’s Hearing

Committee to revoke Respondent’s

license to practice medicine in the State

of New York, and therefore, Respondent

is not currently authorized to handle

controlled substances in the State of

New York.

On March 25, 1997, Judge Randall

issued a Memorandum and Order

providing Respondent with an

opportunity to respond to the

Government’s motion and ordering that

the filing of prehearing statements be

held in abeyance until there is a

resolution of the Government’s motion.

Respondent’s counsel submitted a letter

dated April 25, 1997, requesting a stay

of the proceedings, ‘‘until I have had the

opportunity to inspect the record in this

case pursuant to 21 CFR 1301.46.’’

Respondent’s counsel further asserted